obsidian-imgur-plugin VS Templater

I have been using the Imgur plugin to upload all my images to Imgur forever since I don't want my vault to grow so big, but Imgur recently announced that they'll be removing anonymously uploaded images, and there's no guarantee they'll not do that to images linking with an account in the future either.

Well that is different then, I thought you were worried about the size of your vault which by itself isn't a factor with the images. If your drive is getting too full then yes there is a plugin to upload the images to a web site: https://github.com/gavvvr/obsidian-imgur-plugin

No performance issues, as said by others, but if you want to avoid file clutter: There is the Imgur Plugin, which automatically (through your Imgur account or anonymously) uploads pasted pictures to Imgur.

Looks like there's a plugin that uploads to imgur, which might not be the ideal place to put your images, but is better than nothing https://github.com/gavvvr/obsidian-imgur-plugin

Obsidian has a large collection of community-contributed plugins to serve various user needs. For this guide, we'll install Templater and Tasks, two plugins that can be really powerful when combined to create notes and task lists.

I use the Templater plugin mostly for my newsletter and some other miscellaneous things not relevant here. I ended up making a "blog template" that I can use to quickly add the frontmatter I need!

Example templates

That said: - I assume you will be doing at least some highlighting / annotating of pdfs and / or websites. In that case, you might want to look into either plugins that automatically import your highlights from other tools (Zotero, Kindle or another e-ink device, Hypothes.is, Readwise, etc), or into plugins that allow for highlighting PDFs directly inside Obsidian (Obsidian Annotator). - Templater is useful for most folks that have to create many notes with repeated layout. If you have notes for each lesson, you could have a lesson note template, to create them faster and keep them consistent. - As a student, you have to keep track of your schedule when it comes to classes, exams, etc. - you could use a plugin to sync your existing Google calendar, or keep your calendar entirely in Obsidian (Full Calendar).

The tools I use: Arc Browser - Nothing special here, I am just enjoying this browser right now. Dropzone - Used to automate the screenshots iScreenshoter - My screenshot app of choice even though the misspelling gives me hives. Dataview Plugin Templater Plugin Quick Add Plugin

Don't worry if you're template isn't perfect. It can always be modified. I modified a template this morning that I created eight months ago. It needed a little tweak. Documentation: https://github.com/SilentVoid13/Templater

I totally understand the learning curve. I was there too, for sure. The syntax you've pointed out are both part of the Templater extension. It's a fantastic extension and well worth the effort in learning, by the way. I'd recommend looking at the guide the author provided for the extension (https://silentvoid13.github.io/Templater/).

I spent another couple hours writing an elaborate script that creates new notes based on a set of conditions, but that also turned out to be a waste of time due to another documented bug with Templater itself.