PlutoUI.jl VS obsidian-releases

Pluto notebooks are distinct from Jupyter notebooks in that they are reactive: https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl

An easy alternative is using a Pluto notebook with PlutoUI.jl. You can create input fields, sliders, check boxes, etc in a very easy way. It’s an easy and fast way to create a simple GUI.

ubuntu@vm1:~$ curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh - info: downloading installer Welcome to Julia! This will download and install the official Julia Language distribution and its version manager Juliaup. Juliaup will be installed into the Juliaup home directory, located at: /home/ubuntu/.juliaup The julia, juliaup and other commands will be added to Juliaup bin directory, located at: /home/ubuntu/.juliaup/bin This path will then be added to your PATH environment variable by modifying the profile files located at: /home/ubuntu/.bashrc /home/ubuntu/.profile Julia will look for a new version of Juliaup itself every 1440 seconds when you start julia. You can uninstall at any time with juliaup self uninstall and these changes will be reverted. ✔ Do you want to install with these default configuration choices? · Proceed with installation Now installing Juliaup Installing Julia 1.7.2+0 (x64). Julia was successfully installed on your system. Depending on which shell you are using, run one of the following commands to reload the the PATH environment variable: . /home/ubuntu/.bashrc . /home/ubuntu/.profile pkg> add https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl Cloning git-repo `[https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl`) Updating git-repo `[https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl`) Resolving package versions... Installed Reexport ─────────────── v1.2.2 Installed IOCapture ────────────── v0.2.2 Installed AbstractPlutoDingetjes ─ v1.1.4 Installed JSON ─────────────────── v0.21.3 Installed Hyperscript ──────────── v0.0.4 Installed FixedPointNumbers ────── v0.8.4 Installed HypertextLiteral ─────── v0.9.3 Installed Parsers ──────────────── v2.3.0 Installed ColorTypes ───────────── v0.11.0 Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.7/Project.toml` [7f904dfe] + PlutoUI v0.7.38 `[https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl#main`](https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl#main`) Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.7/Manifest.toml` [6e696c72] + AbstractPlutoDingetjes v1.1.4 [3da002f7] + ColorTypes v0.11.0 [53c48c17] + FixedPointNumbers v0.8.4 [47d2ed2b] + Hyperscript v0.0.4 [ac1192a8] + HypertextLiteral v0.9.3 [b5f81e59] + IOCapture v0.2.2 [682c06a0] + JSON v0.21.3 [69de0a69] + Parsers v2.3.0 [7f904dfe] + PlutoUI v0.7.38 `[https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl#main`](https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl#main`) [189a3867] + Reexport v1.2.2 [a63ad114] + Mmap [2f01184e] + SparseArrays [10745b16] + Statistics Precompiling project... 10 dependencies successfully precompiled in 23 seconds (24 already precompiled)

I realize that, and there may be no rational reason for you to switch to a setup like mine. But, aside from avoiding such things a Wordpress exploits, my approach turned out to have other advantages. Over the years I added to my knowledge and taught myself how to provide things other than static files. Today my readers can use gnuplot in a Jupyter notebook, and interactive Pluto¹ notebooks backed by Julia running on a VPS. No canned solution exists for this, and in fact I had to work with the Pluto developers to iron out some kinks. This is only possible because I have total control over the servers. If you know will only ever want to serve static files, there are simpler options (with potential pitfalls). But those options are also limiting, in case one day you want to do something unusual.

[1] https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoUI.jl

When you are using Pluto (https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl ) instead of Juypter you can very easily combine plots with reactive UI elements (like sliders, selectors, etc. - see https://github.com/fonsp/PlutoUI.jl ) to allow interactive exploration of data.

The only thing I think really isn't covered is PlutoUI (https://github.com/fonsp/PlutoUI.jl), which you can find in a sample notebook in Pluto.

The closest editor that follows our first principle is Obsidian editor:

The solution was already installed on both my computer and my phone: Obsidian.

> why does open source need to "win"

Open source does not need to win.

But your ability to be in control of your computer needs to be preserved. A proprietary fridge cannot control your diet, while a proprietary App Store can control what software you install on YOUR phone (unless you live in EU, hello DMA!). The tail wags the dog, so to speak. Proprietary software has also been shown to break user workflows or remove functions in an update while leaving users with no choice whatsoever.

One alternative to having open source win is to ensure software must come with a robust warranty and other assurances you expect from the things you buy. EU's CRA will make software vulnerabilities in WiFi routers covered by warranty, for example.

You can also ensure robust and interoperable data storage options. For example, https://obsidian.md/ stores all notes in Markdown, not holding the data hostage in case users will not like how future versions will work. GDPR actually has a provision for data portability (Art. 20), but it does not seem to have a requisite effect on the industry yet.

And until the above issues are solved, open source remains the best way to ensure that a software tail cannot wag your computer dog.

[2] https://obsidian.md/

So I've had my fair share of personal websites and blogs. I have built them on stacks ranging from the most basic HTML and CSS, to hosted frameworks like Wordpress and Laravel, to the more modern single page applications built in Vue and React. For a simple content blog I think you can't go wrong with a Static Site Generator though. These days I am almost exclusively writing everything in Obsidian. Which is great because its all in standard markdown format. This allows for a really neat and easy content publishing workflow.

Consider making an Obsidian[^1] plugin, or writing to Obsidian-compatible Markdown files :)

[^1]: https://obsidian.md/

Obsidian is a writing application created to allow for offline / private note taking in markdown format, in an interface that looks a lot like our regular programming IDE. It is very flexible, with a good collection of community plugins that you can use to customize Obsidian to your heart contents.

Obsidian support via our Obsidian Plugin