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same here. I've been using obsidian for more than a year now, and my notes are highly categorized in a structured hierarchy. But I regularly feel this is not op

same here. I've been using obsidian for more than a year now, and my notes are highly categorized in a structured hierarchy. But I regularly feel this is not optimal (sometime a note could fall into 2 different branches of my hierarchy), and I can feel the friction it creates when I want to add a note but I first have to think where to put it. So for people not leveraging folders, do you just create all the notes in the same folder ? (resulting on a folder with thousands of notes ? and then what's your process to add a new note ? do a search, see if there currently is a relevant note to ammend, if not create a new one ?

oxff 4y ago
All of mine are in same folder, and I use search or linked / unlinked panels for finding / creating links. Thousands of notes in same folder doesnt really matter if you use the Obs. provided tools to navigate it.
- edelans 4y ago
  interesting. Thanks for sharing. I should probably give it a try and "let go" some control over the structure.
  - oxff 4y ago
    The structure is there, it's just not in the file / folder layout, but in the wikilinks and whatever else Obsidian can uncover (ie. unlinked mentions, orphaned file output). I guess I learned how my own learning and memorizing works, and managed to match it better with how Obsidian works, and now I don't have to think about silly file / folder structure anymore. Your experience maybe different.
    - edelans 4y ago
      I'm very curious about this way of using obsidian (which sounds like the original "second brain" promise). I would love to connect in private to konw more. I don't see your address in your profile but you reach me at my hn user name with Gmail.
leogout 4y ago
Personnally I use tags for this usecase, I tag every single note in obsidian and I use a plugin called Tag Wrangler to show my tags as a tree. Tags then act like folders (for example a tag #python/pip will be under python > pip). Pros : - A note can fall under as many tags as you want - The map view is pleasing to watch because tags can be shown but folders cannot, it also helps to categorize orhpan notes visually Cons : - You have to maintain the habit to tag each notes you write Finally, Tag Wrangler allows you to rename / edit tags in bulk so that it is close to be as fluid as moving notes between folders.

oxff 4y ago

All of mine are in same folder, and I use search or linked / unlinked panels for finding / creating links. Thousands of notes in same folder doesnt really matter if you use the Obs. provided tools to navigate it.

edelans 4y ago
interesting. Thanks for sharing. I should probably give it a try and "let go" some control over the structure.
- oxff 4y ago
  The structure is there, it's just not in the file / folder layout, but in the wikilinks and whatever else Obsidian can uncover (ie. unlinked mentions, orphaned file output). I guess I learned how my own learning and memorizing works, and managed to match it better with how Obsidian works, and now I don't have to think about silly file / folder structure anymore. Your experience maybe different.
  - edelans 4y ago
    I'm very curious about this way of using obsidian (which sounds like the original "second brain" promise). I would love to connect in private to konw more. I don't see your address in your profile but you reach me at my hn user name with Gmail.

leogout 4y ago

Personnally I use tags for this usecase, I tag every single note in obsidian and I use a plugin called Tag Wrangler to show my tags as a tree. Tags then act like folders (for example a tag #python/pip will be under python > pip). Pros : - A note can fall under as many tags as you want - The map view is pleasing to watch because tags can be shown but folders cannot, it also helps to categorize orhpan notes visually Cons : - You have to maintain the habit to tag each notes you write Finally, Tag Wrangler allows you to rename / edit tags in bulk so that it is close to be as fluid as moving notes between folders.