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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 29/09/2026

Obsidian 1.14.3 (early access) is now available. - New Group menu in Bases lets you control columns in Kanban. Also works with tables, lists, cards. - Added macOS Quick Look, so you can instantly preview Markdown files even when Obsidian is not open. And lots more!

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kepano @stephango.com · 29/09/2026

the workflow is getting super smooth

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kepano @stephango.com · 15/09/2026

you asked for it, so here it is!

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kepano @stephango.com · 11/09/2026

"so it's just a cookie but with chocolate chips in it?" it sounds like a dig at first, but it's one of the highest compliments you can receive in the understandability of something you created

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kepano @stephango.com · 10/09/2026

This is Knap. It's a new language I created that turns data into Markdown. Knap should feel familiar and comes with a wonderfully pleasant syntax to modify and format plain text.

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kepano @stephango.com · 08/09/2026

it looks like they had fun adapting this quote from the 2016 article "Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny": "I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israeli Defense Force, and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to."

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kepano @stephango.com · 08/09/2026

In Obsidian 1.14 the new quick capture launches faster than the iOS animation takes to complete (currently available in early access)

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 02/09/2026

Obsidian 1.14.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile. - Kanban views! - New quick capture widget for iOS (demo below) - Support for colored highlight syntax using emoji ==🔵blue==

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kepano @stephango.com · 27/08/2026

what are the most polished Android apps you use?

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kepano @stephango.com · 25/08/2026

everything → Markdown very smooth

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 25/08/2026

Save your data to local Markdown files you own forever, and can access completely offline. Obsidian now helps you migrate from all the major proprietary formats including Notion, Evernote, OneNote, Google Keep, Apple Notes, and more.

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kepano @stephango.com · 21/08/2026

@pngwn.at I was wondering if you're still using the NPM package name knap and if not whether you'd be willing to donate it for a project I am working on? Cheers!

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kepano @stephango.com · 12/08/2026

first test of any markdown app: the dreaded multiline code block in a nested list of mixed rtl/ltr directionality

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 10/08/2026

Obsidian 1.13.6 is now available to all for desktop and mobile! - Added swipe-to-close tabs in the mobile tab switcher - Improvements for Settings keyboard navigation and when app is fullscreen - Improved "Undo close tab" behavior. Tabs now reopen in the correct tab group.

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kepano @stephango.com · 09/08/2026

My open source html→markdown library Defuddle is suddenly getting a lot of downloads over the last month

Share showing stats from NPM
Weekly downloads suddenly surging to 329,383 after long slow growth

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kepano @stephango.com · 05/08/2026

if you're using Airtable by Bending Spoons™ consider backing up your data in the unlikely event that the API gets nerfed or maybe even (gasp) paywalled

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kepano @stephango.com · 30/07/2026

As with past "paper cuts" releases, Obsidian 1.13 is not super flashy but it includes hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes that make the overall experience a lot smoother.

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kepano @stephango.com · 25/07/2026

The extent to which Claude specifically is being promoted by bot accounts on GitHub and social platforms smells fishy. It forces me to wonder how much of it is an organized campaign and who is paying for all the tokens.

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kepano @stephango.com · 18/07/2026

formats evolve over decades, apps over months, intelligence is evolving every day in terms of pace layers "file over app" defines priorities: invest deeply in proven formats, and don't expect anything at the intelligence layer to last very long

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kepano @stephango.com · 14/07/2026

This update fixes some particularly thorny and longstanding bugs on iOS and Android when dealing with very large Markdown files. You can now scroll smoothly in Live Preview on iOS and use "Select all" on Android. Should be able to handle massive files without a hitch.

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kepano @stephango.com · 10/06/2026

The new iOS share sheet in Obsidian lets you save YouTube transcripts, and content from within other apps. Everything is converted to durable Markdown files. Try it in Obsidian 1.13 (beta)

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kepano @stephango.com · 28/05/2026

how we made the new Obsidian Web Clipper icon

Screenshot showing design evolution of the Obsidian Web Clipper icon

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kepano @stephango.com · 27/05/2026

I enjoyed collaborating with Adam Whitcroft on this icon. Hope you like it!

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Myke Hurley @myke.social · 25/05/2026

I was joined by @stephango.com – CEO of Obsidian – on the latest episode of Cortex. This has been one of my favourite conversations so far. Steph has some really insightful approaches to work, running a small team, and developing a powerful tool for the world. www.theenthusiast.net/the-philosop...

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The Philosophy of Obsidian, with CEO Steph Ango

New episode of Cortex out today: Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-per...

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 13/05/2026

Two new security audits of Obsidian Sync by Cure53 and Trail of Bits are now available on our Security page. All findings have been addressed via remediations and disclosures validated by the respective auditors. Read more: obsidian.md/blog/cure53-...

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Obsidian Sync audits by Cure53 and Trail of Bits

Two security audits of Obsidian Sync are now available. All findings have been addressed via remediations and disclosures validated by the respective auditors.

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kepano @stephango.com · 12/05/2026

The most exciting thing for me is that I can finally get back to making Obsidian plugins. I too was daunted by waiting in the review queue 😅 Now you can get a plugin into Obsidian within 24 hours.

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kepano @stephango.com · 12/05/2026

We've been working for nearly a year to launch this new Community site and review system. I've tried to be exhaustive with the blog post, FAQs, and next steps on our roadmap, but I am sure I forgot some things, so feel free to ask!

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kepano @stephango.com · 11/05/2026

token merchant suggests using more tokens

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kepano @stephango.com · 05/05/2026

mature things tend to get pressured into being less weird over time, so if you're starting from scratch your advantage is that you can be very weird if you don't start weird you're probably trying to compete inside the local maximum of something more boring than you could be

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kepano @stephango.com · 27/04/2026

Archivists: was there an app or tool that used a .md domain (for Markdown) before Obsidian?

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kepano @stephango.com · 22/04/2026

Obsidian Reader also works on mobile using Safari on iOS or Firefox on Android. You can set it as the default option when opening Web Clipper.

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kepano @stephango.com · 22/04/2026

Obsidian Web Clipper now lets you manage highlights, and stays in Reader mode when you click links. It's such a pleasant way to browse the web. You can control the colors, fonts, and easily copy anything to Markdown.

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kepano @stephango.com · 20/04/2026

New policy from Atlassian: Unless you opt out by August 17th 2026, data from Jira and Confluence will automatically be used for AI training. Some data cannot be opted out at all on some plans.

Atlassian recently announced updates to how we use eligible customer data so we can deliver improved AI experiences for all customers. We designed this change with your security and privacy in mind - giving you control over your data contribution with new in-app settings and strengthening our existing privacy-preserving measures - so you can adopt AI confidently. These changes are reflected in our customer terms and will go into effect on August 17, 2026.

As part of this change, we are:

Updating how we use metadata and in-app data to improve apps and AI experiences for all customers.
Introducing new data contribution settings in Atlassian Administration, so you can manage your organization’s contributions.
Note: Initially, these settings will apply to data in Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Management, including data in your Atlassian Platform apps (Rovo, Home, Teams, Projects, Assets, Goals, Analytics, and Administration).
Strengthening our existing privacy‑preserving measures

Data contribution default settings follow the highest active plan in each Atlassian cloud organization.

Some Atlassian cloud organizations are excluded from data contribution due to their compliance requirements, so default settings are not available.

If your Atlassian organization has an active Enterprise plan, you can opt-out of metadata contribution.

If your Atlassian organization’s highest active plan is Free, Standard, or Premium, metadata contribution is always on, and you’re not able to opt-out.

All metadata is de-identified and aggregated before it is used to improve apps and experiences for all customers. We remove information that directly identifies individuals, such as name and email addresses.

You can learn more about what metadata is, how it's protected, and how it's used in the documentation.

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kepano @stephango.com · 10/04/2026

I can't go back to the regular YouTube UI after this 😅 Obsidian Reader now makes the transcript interactive so you can scrub, highlight, auto-scroll. It feels so nice.

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kepano @stephango.com · 04/04/2026

This is a rare opportunity. We only add about one person to the team each year and only plan to ever have 10-12 full-time people on the team total.

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kepano @stephango.com · 03/04/2026

New in Obsidian Reader: - Themes and typography settings - Highlighting - Save options Also added a beautiful new reading experience for deeply nested comments on Reddit and Hacker News. Available with Obsidian Web Clipper 1.3 on all browsers.

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kepano @stephango.com · 01/04/2026

I want to try this tiny Obsidian travel setup now that iOS supports mouse input

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kepano @stephango.com · 27/03/2026

One thing that makes Obsidian Reader insanely difficult to build is that websites are full of bugs and bad HTML/metadata that I have to work around e.g. here New Scientist defined author as "#author.fullName}" in the metadata but Obsidian Reader still gets the correct one

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kepano @stephango.com · 25/03/2026

what are the chances this thing will be abandonware in a month? you can make something in a few days but will you commit to maintaining and improving it for the next few years?

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kepano @stephango.com · 20/03/2026

The future is not creating a power drill from scratch for every task. It's making reliable tools that can easily adapt to the task. A power drill provides motorized torque in a handheld format. It's more malleable than a screwdriver because you can change the bits.

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kepano @stephango.com · 18/03/2026

I have been working on Obsidian Reader for over a year. I didn't want to share it until I felt it was good enough. It's finally there. Consistent formatting for any article. Outline, syntax highlighting, nice footnotes, adjustable typography. Runs locally. Just rules, no AI.

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kepano @stephango.com · 15/03/2026

If you are using MCP to access your data, you are trusting that third party with unencrypted access to your data. Third-party MCPs are not an option if you value privacy. End-to-end encryption makes MCP effectively useless.

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kepano @stephango.com · 12/03/2026

Defuddle now returns Youtube transcripts! Paste a YouTube link into defuddle·md to get a markdown transcript with timestamps, chapters, and pretty good diarization ...or if you just want to read it, try the new Reader mode in @obsidian.md Web Clipper powered by Defuddle

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kepano @stephango.com · 04/03/2026

Defuddle now has a website! This means you can use Defuddle anywhere to get the main content of a page in Markdown format. You can simply add "defuddle.md" before any URL, use it via curl, Skills, CLI, or add it to your app via NPM.

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kepano @stephango.com · 27/02/2026

Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.

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kepano @stephango.com · 18/02/2026

taste is a study of nuance, it requires slowing down

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