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# 2026-04-15 19:28:06

## "Obsidian for Learning Part II: Process"

["Obsidian for Learning Part II: Process" - No Boilerplate](https://youtu.be/Tyw6quANpiY)

No Boilerplate first got me into [[obsidian]]
so to see them endorse such strange patterns without qualification is frustrating.
I suspect that Tris is a victim of [[drinking-ones-own-kool-aid]].

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Clearly we have different priorities for our vaults,
but I tend to think mine are more consistent.

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I couldn't trade git version control
for the convenience of Obsidian Sync on mobile.
The timeline of my understanding
is just as important as the result.

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Tris has repeated ~~somewhere~~
a piece of advice for Obsidian [[personal-knowledge-management]]
that I think ought to be nonnegotiable.

> You get one vault. Figure it out.

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PKM, as I understand it, is in service of [[synthesis]],
that if you have access to your knowledge
without the effort and problems of recall,
your processing power can be spent making connections.

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The problem with titled notes
is that titles are a barrier to writing
that serve no purpose.

> [!quote] [Steph Ango "Evergreen notes turn ideas into objects that you can manipulate"](https://stephango.com/evergreen-notes)
> * A company is a superorganism
> * All input is error
> * Calmness is a superpower
> * Concise explanations accelerate progress
> * Cross the chasm
> * Everything is a remix
> * Writing is telepathy
> * You have no obligation to your former self
> * etc

These are not summaries,
this is quippy bullshit.
If it seems like this would be a good way to organize ideas
you are vastly underestimating the number of ideas you have.
At scale you won't be able to distinguish between
"Concise explanations accelerate progress"
and "Accelerating progress explanations",
and if titles-as-filenames don't aid organization
you might as well use timestamps, which do.

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Still I think the best way to start Obsidian
is to install it with no expectations or introduction
then write everything in unique notes with the core plugin.
