Did you ever use notion? How does it compare? I heard it’s decentralized? 

 No, haven’t used Notion. I’ll have to look though! 

 I would like to do a Nostr based one or decentralized one if possible - that would be cool! 

 Best note taking app  

 I’m liking it so far. Really like the visualization I can do in the canvas with all of the different note elements. 

 Then the extensions and themes really add to it when you're comfortable  

 Will check out!! 

 You can publish long-form content from Obsidian to Nostr using Obsidian Nostr writer 

https://github.com/jamesmagoo/nostr-writer 

 I really like the app and the flexibility with the markdown format. 🤩 But the synchronization between mobile (Apple) and desktop (PC) is awful or expensive.🤯

That's why I'm currently (still) working with Joplin. 

 Zen Key 🔐 

 I keep checking in on Obsidian from time to time. I'm continually intrigued, but it always feels like II would take days of effort to make it just work. I moved from Roam to Tana early this year. It's brilliant, but closed and uses its own DB, rather than markdown (which I do everything possible in).

What's your take on pros and cons? 

 I am definitely moving slow to start. I really like the native markdown notes and visualizing my notes in canvases in order to see all the random stuff that makes up my projects. 

I like the variety of themes available, the Nostr interoperability thanks to the obsidian extension that @James made. (Still need to explore both of those in more detail to be honest.)

I haven’t discovered cons yet but will keep you posted! 

 Just checked it out. Looks terrific. Installed. 🙏🏼 

 Just tried to zap you, James. Couldn’t fetch an invoice. 

 Not sure what that’s not working! Thanks for the support 😃 

 It’s a game changer. I love it 🙌🏼 

 Best thing. I was all over the place before Obsidian, Trello, Docs, Drive, etc.
I don't want sync. I sit on my laptop and do shit. All local, with regular manual backups to a USB stick.

Markdown is love 💓

Tags, date and time inserts, tables, latex, custom colors for bold and italic with css, code blocks, live embeds from other notes is a killer feature ![[some-note#some-heading]], voice notes; click record and blabber; they get embedded in the note, callouts to highlight stuff, ...

Started for side projects, then slowly moved everything there. Work, diary, and study. 

 For sure