Tools for Better Thinking

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on news.ycombinator.com

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  • adjoint

    Thoughts on adjoint, norm and such.

  • I think that there are like three concepts in math or the world, the concepts being the adjoint, norm and fixed point.

    https://github.com/adamnemecek/adjoint

    The concept of a fixed point is so ubiquitous.

  • anki

    Anki's shared backend and web components, and the Qt frontend

  • Not book-like, but I put many things that I learn into Anki: https://apps.ankiweb.net/

    I sync it to my phone with AnkiDroid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ichi2.anki

    I occasionally review the actual facts as flashcards. But having the notes already in flashcard format has been my secret weapon for seeming intelligent for years.

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  • obsidian-excalidraw-plugin

    A plugin to edit and view Excalidraw drawings in Obsidian

  • Obsidian.md is a pillar in the modern "Tools for Thought" space (along with logseq and Roam Research). Obsidian's plugin ecosystem is enormous, and features robust, bidirectional integration with Excalidraw. Notes in your diagrams, diagrams in your notes... combining text and visual/spatial sketch and whiteboard tools is profoundly powerful.

    https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin

    Now there's also ExcaliBrain which builds on Obsidian's graph view:

    https://github.com/zsviczian/excalibrain

  • excalibrain

    A graph view to navigate your Obsidian vault

  • Obsidian.md is a pillar in the modern "Tools for Thought" space (along with logseq and Roam Research). Obsidian's plugin ecosystem is enormous, and features robust, bidirectional integration with Excalidraw. Notes in your diagrams, diagrams in your notes... combining text and visual/spatial sketch and whiteboard tools is profoundly powerful.

    https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin

    Now there's also ExcaliBrain which builds on Obsidian's graph view:

    https://github.com/zsviczian/excalibrain

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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