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AI-Native Obsidian Vault Setup Guide
Jan 7, 2026 IN ESSAYS

AI-Native Obsidian Vault Setup Guide

Instructions for setting up an Obsidian vault as a holistic life operating system covering work, personal life, and everything in between.

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AI-Augmented Note-Taking

AI-Augmented Note-Taking

Claude Code transformed my note-taking from rigid systems into a discovery engine. Learn how AI scaffolding creates competitive advantage through pattern recognition.

Productivity

Rescuing Your Claude Conversations When You Rename Projects

Rescuing Your Claude Conversations When You Rename Projects

If you've ever renamed a project folder and watched weeks of Claude Code conversations vanish, here's a script to help you move directories without losing your conversations.

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I Spent 5 Years Building Murmur Labs. Here's What Killed It.

I Spent 5 Years Building Murmur Labs. Here's What Killed It.

Reflections on 5 years at Murmur Labs. What we built, what worked, what didn't, and how I'd approach starting something new.

Startups

Why Every Engineering Tool I've Built Eventually Became a Workflow Tool

Why Every Engineering Tool I've Built Eventually Became a Workflow Tool

From Sherpa at Zappos to Webflow HUD, I've spent my career building tools that make other builders faster. Here's how I approach it.

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Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

My best writing on AI, software engineering, and the philosophies that guide how I build and collaborate.

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How I Use AI Daily

How I Use AI Daily

For 2 years I built an AI workflow automation platform. Now I use AI daily to amplify my velocity from one two-week sprint to 10 one-day sprints.

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The Cost of AI for The End User

The Cost of AI for The End User

AI companies are struggling to find sustainable pricing models. Subscriptions commoditize, platform taxes feel extractive, usage-based creates friction, and ads remain unproven. The race to monetize AI is revealing fundamental tensions between costs, value, and user expectations.

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Stop Buying AI Agents When You Need a Workflow (Here's How to Tell)

Stop Buying AI Agents When You Need a Workflow (Here's How to Tell)

The difference between AI workflows and agents boils down to whether you're designing a factory line and hiring a consultant. Both have their place. Confusing them leads to systems that either do too little too rigidly or spin wildly out of control.

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The High Throughput Zero-Writing Documentation System

The High Throughput Zero-Writing Documentation System

Walk and talk into Voice Memos. Brain dump everything. Ship transcripts to Claude. Get structured output.

thinking

A 2x2 Framework for Navigating AI Disruption

A 2x2 Framework for Navigating AI Disruption

Not all change requires the same response. A new framework for diagnosing which kind of disruption you're facing—and choosing the right strategy.

New Laws of Work

The Workflow Builder You Deserved (Magic Mode)

The Workflow Builder You Deserved (Magic Mode)

We built it in a week last year. Prompt a workflow into existence, see changes in green and red, accept or reject modifications, then click into nodes to refine. Chat-driven generation that doesn't lock you out when you need the details.

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The New Maker Schedule Isn't About Making

The New Maker Schedule Isn't About Making

AI agents are turning makers into directors. Our leverage now comes from orchestrating systems, not executing tasks.

Future of Work

Is One the New Many?

Is One the New Many?

AI has made it possible for one person to do what once required entire teams, fundamentally rewiring who can build, compete, and win in the modern economy.

Future of Work

How To Modify Approvals in Claude Code

How To Modify Approvals in Claude Code

Guide to configuring Claude Code's permission and approval system for commands

tools

AI Workflow Principles

AI Workflow Principles

The core principles Aaron Dignan and I used at Plumb to build AI workflows that actually work in production

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AI Isn't Magic

AI Isn't Magic

The Technological Pragmatist's Perspective

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When AI Makes Us (Think We’re) Experts

When AI Makes Us (Think We’re) Experts

The Dangers of AI and the Double Dunning-Kruger Effect.

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The Joy of Playful Work

The Joy of Playful Work

Discover how 'serious play' can transform your work approach. Learn to balance creativity and productivity, fostering innovation and enjoyment in your daily tasks.

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The Art of Constant Reinvention: Lessons from a Seasoned Starter

The Art of Constant Reinvention: Lessons from a Seasoned Starter

Learn the art of being a 'Seasoned Starter' and how embracing change, building solutions, and combining diverse skills can lead to success.

Curiously Chase

Founder Mode or Manager Mode? I think neither.

Founder Mode or Manager Mode? I think neither.

My "hot take" on the founder mode or manager mode debate.

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How Quadrant Charts Can Revolutionize Your Thinking

How Quadrant Charts Can Revolutionize Your Thinking

Divide and conquer confusion by mastering quadrant charts for instant clarity.

Thinking Tools

Setting up Rapid Logging for Obsidian on iOS and MacOS

Setting up Rapid Logging for Obsidian on iOS and MacOS

Technical guide to implementing rapid logging with Raycast, iOS Shortcuts, and Obsidian.

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'Resolving the ESLint Error: "File ignored because of a matching ignore pattern"'

'Resolving the ESLint Error: "File ignored because of a matching ignore pattern"'

Learn how to resolve the ESLint error for lint-staged for "File ignored because of a matching ignore pattern"

Engineering

My List of Why I Love Lists

My List of Why I Love Lists

The ultimate guide to the power of lists and how to use them.

Curiously Chase

My Obsidian Setup

My Obsidian Setup

A round up of all the plugins, hotkey overrides, tips, tricks and settings I use for Obsidian.

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Apple Screentime Settings

Apple Screentime Settings

I use Apple Screentime to help me be conscious of how much time I spend on certain sites and apps on my devices. Here is how I have mine setup.

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How I Publish Obsidian Files to the Web

How I Publish Obsidian Files to the Web

How I publish my Obsidian Markdown Notes to the Web with NextJS and a simple script.

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Markdown

Markdown

Learn why Markdown is your key to simplified text editing and how to use it.

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Obsidian

Obsidian

Extensible, locally hosted, markdown-based knowledge management tool for building interconnected personal knowledge bases.

tools

Get all links to the current file with Obsidian and Dataview

Get all links to the current file with Obsidian and Dataview

How to get all links to the current file with Obsidian and Dataview.

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Find messages in Slack based on a date or date range

Find messages in Slack based on a date or date range

Two quick ways to find a conversation in Slack based on a known date or date range.

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Install dig and nslookup dependencies on Docker Containers

Install dig and nslookup dependencies on Docker Containers

How to install dig on Ubuntu, ArchLinux, OpenSuse and Alpine.

Engineering

Friction - A Secret Tool for Successful Habits

Friction - A Secret Tool for Successful Habits

Design your environment to make good habits easy and bad habits hard.

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