Obsidian - Links, Bases, and a Rabbit Hole
Why I love Obsidian — the local-first philosophy, internal links, Bases, and a small Python bridge I built to pull my data into Polars
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Gamifying My Life: How I Built an AI Game Master
I built elaborate knowledge systems with RAG and Neo4j. I tracked everything meticulously in Obsidian. But I still wasn't motivated to actually write. So I turned my life into an RPG with an AI game master—and it's working.
Building a Cricket Scraper for My Obsidian Vault feat. Google Antigravity
Building CricketCLI with Google Antigravity took an hour. It was impressively fast and strangely hollow. Here's what I learned about AI-assisted development.
A Lazy Saturday Upgrade: Adding RAG to CLARA
CLARA could query structured data perfectly but struggled with contextual questions. Adding RAG solved this, creating a hybrid system that understands both facts and feelings.
One Note at a Time: Turning Notes Into a Personal Jarvis
How I built a second brain using Obsidian, Neo4j, local notes, and the Model Context Protocol to let AI query my thoughts.