Ask HN: What is the value of a one-person wiki?

• obsidian-releases

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  Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

  

I use Obsidian, write atomic notes[1], and link them together via note links and tagging. It works much like a personal wiki.

I don't really put a lot of thought into it and I don't go looking for new solutions, at this point. Obsidian stores its notes as files and Markdown files in a directory, on the backend. It is git-able for eg. GitBook, GitHub Wiki, etc.

https://obsidian.md

1. Small notes on a specific little thing.

• toolbox

  1 8 9.3

  An opinionated list of useful things for everything related to computers (by Phileosopher)

I have a history of commonplacing (i.e., hoarding key ideas) that predates my tech career[0].

Now that I'm working with my passion, I've been curating content and distilling it into a legible output[1].

The problem, though, is that (like before) I've now collected and broadly categorized >5,000 articles, e-books, YouTube videos, talks, and walkthroughs about the potential domains I'll be working with. I've also been sidelining thousands of the elements into another "toolbox"[2].

My big question is whether this adds value to anyone else or if I'm simply building an elaborate hobby. I'm fine if this is a pet project, but I want a straight answer from someone I don't know.

[0] https://adequate.life and https://gainedin.site

[1] https://techsplained.xyz

[2] https://github.com/Phileosopher/toolbox/

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Mindmaps

  7 2,707 0.0 JavaScript

  An open source, offline capable, mind mapping application leveraging HTML5 technologies

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