[AbstractH24]

I love the concept of logseq, but the userbase is just too small and in turn the speed of change is too slow. .

Over the last few weeks, with the help of Claude Code I've finally been able to dive into Obsidian and build out the second brain I've always wanted. With the power to auto-sort small thoughts jotted down on my phone with minimal interruption and some automated maintenance & sorting.

CC has really reduced the friction to getting started with Obsidian that's held me back for years.

[hack1312]

How are you using Obsidian (and the LLM part if you want to expand on that) to build a second brain? I’m using Obsidian but more as a replacement for Apple Notes because it supports Markdown. My vault is just a collection of notes somewhat organized into relevant folders. I know there’s a lot of functionality I’m not utilizing.

[AbstractH24]

At first I was using the plugin Claudian. Now I just opened the folder in Claude Code.

It's not quite done yet, but when it is I think I'll anonymize it and share it on GitHub. In the meantime, here's a pretty screenshot without anything personal: https://snipboard.io/tyRYEJ.jpg https://snipboard.io/mryYKe.jpg

Also used CC to help me build some complex Apple shortcuts to let me capture stuff easily. Either by sharing it or hitting the button on the side of my phone and jotting it down (that Claude didn't do quite as well at, but it got me 75% of the way and helped me learn how to make complex branching shortcuts)

There is one basic function Obsidan lacks - some variation of rollups to link fields in different notes in a structured way. It's where I really did like Logaeq better. I’m going to try using Claude to "reconcile" that stuff on a recurring basis.

To some extent I've probably tried to make Obsidian into Notion. But it's more flexible and free.

[bossyTeacher]

Can you check those links? They don't work

[AbstractH24]

Both worked for me in private mode. Strange.

Did this work: https://limewire.com/d/lxbCj#HqQOJwUfCE

[bossyTeacher]

Now they do, thanks! :)

[mandalivia]

Have you tried dataview for rollups?

[j1elo]

I'm just in the toying and evaluation phase with Obsidian and so far I like it, but I'd like to understand why an AI is needed or even useful to begin with it? So far I just see a powerful text editor, what did you benefit from with AI use?

[AbstractH24]

Short and sweet: it built out the structure, template layout, and tables in dataview.

Could have just done it without it? Certainly, this just helped me build something more scalable than I knew how to on my own, and then I learned from it. And on an ongoing basis it'll help organize the things in daily notes and inbox and place them appropriately.

To put it another way, it helped me get from 0 to 1 and will do some of the routine maintenance required to move things from my second brain's short-term memory to long-term.