I have decided to move on to @obsidian from Craft and Simplenote. It takes a long time to get through all my 5000 notes but I'm willing to do it. I imported all my notes from those apps to Obsidian.

There are 1902 plugins for Obsidian and with them the customization options are endless! At the same time I'm in love and horrified. I'm going to nerd out from this.

Why did I make the move:

1. Own your data - I already self host a lot, social media (Mastodon), chat (Matrix), code... why not notes as well? There is certain appeal in having your notes to yourself all the time instead of a walled garden. I love seeing my note changes in git diffs.

2. Options. I don't have to use Obsidian if I don't want to, I can open the note file with any editor I like and it still keeps in sync if I decide to use Obsidian on other device to further view or edit the note.

3. Performance. Having notes locally available at all times makes the app really fast. Like it should be. Notes should not load up forever. On Craft I had even difficulties removing notes. I grow old watching those loading bars...

4. Offline notes. Notes should be alaways available on airplane or train tunnel or whenever you need, without Wifi. With Obsidian this is possible.

5. All the bells and whistles. It's really nice to be able to visually see your notes in a "brain graph". I really love this view.

6. Security. Neither Simplenote or Craft have E2EE or other security features. Obsidian does.

7. Endless canvas and mind mapping in the same note app. I really didn't think I needed this, but it's awesome.

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