Kanban Action Planner 1.8.0 - GTD contexts

Last time, version 1.7.0 of the Kanban Action Planner brought WBS mode, automation rules, and embedded boards. 1.8.0 is smaller and about one idea I've wanted in there for a while: contexts.

The Complete Guide to Templates and Templater in Obsidian

Templates are how every Obsidian note is created with the right properties and structure already in place. The complete guide to templates and Templater: core vs community plugin, the interpolation vs execution model, choices, dynamic dates, auto-filing, JavaScript, and where AI fits in.

The Complete Guide to Obsidian Properties

Properties are the difference between a pile of Markdown files and a knowledge system you can query. In this article, I explain how to use Obsidian properties from your very first field to a full schema powering dashboards, Kanban boards, and AI agents across 20,000 notes.

Kanban Action Planner 1.7.0 - WBS mode, automation rules, and embedded boards

Two weeks ago, version 1.1.0 of the Kanban Action Planner shipped timeline mode. I haven't slowed down since. Versions 1.2.0 through 1.7.0 add a WBS mode, automation rules, embedded boards, a real estimates system, and a performance pass that touched almost every interaction. Here's what's new.

Riddle (reMarkable)

Riddle turns a reMarkable Paper Pro into Tom Riddle's diary. You write with the pen, pause for a few seconds, and the answer appears on the page as flowing handwriting. No screen glow, no keyboard, no chat window. Built by Maxime Rivest, MIT licensed, around 1.6k stars on GitHub.

Obsidian Keyboard Shortcuts

Obsidian has great support for keyboard shortcuts. Most commands can be invoked using shortcuts, and most of those can be customized.

Concepts Website

A curated, cross-linked collection of concepts — designed to learn from first principles. Built from concept cards and published as a website.

OpenMontage

OpenMontage is an open source (AGPLv3) agentic video production system. You describe the video you want in plain language, and an AI coding assistant (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf) handles the whole chain: research, scripting, asset generation, editing, and composition. No manual editing w

Zencastr

Zencastr is an all-in-one remote recording platform for podcasters, video creators, and interviewers. Founded in 2016, endorsed by people like Seth Godin and Sam Harris. The pitch: spend less time juggling tools, more time making content.

AgentBox

AgentBox is Rui Carmo's Docker-based sandbox for running coding agents in isolation. The README is refreshingly honest about the state of the art: "There's no perfect way to sandbox agents (yet), but containers are a practical start." MIT licensed, ~141 stars, mostly Dockerfile and Makefile.

DeveloPassion's Newsletter #214 - Timeline Mode and the Summer Sale

A newsletter discussing AI, Knowledge Work, Knowledge Management Systems, Zen Productivity, Personal Organization, and everything in between!

The 2026 Summer Sale Is On - 30% Off Everything Until July 30

My 2026 summer sale is live. 30% off everything in the store until July 30 with the code SummerSale2026. The quiet weeks of summer are the perfect time to finally build the knowledge system you've been postponing all year.

Kurt Vonnegut - Enough

True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island.

Kanban Action Planner 1.1.0 - timeline mode

I just shipped version 1.1.0 of the Kanban Action Planner plugin. It adds board, calendar, and now timeline views to Obsidian Bases, all driven by your own note properties.

Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's mid-tier Claude model, released early July 2026. Anthropic calls it "our most agentic Sonnet yet": it plans, drives browsers and terminals, and runs autonomously at a level that required Opus-class models a few months earlier. The pitch is simple: near Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Tag

Claude Tag is Anthropic's way for teams to work with Claude as a teammate inside Slack. Announced June 23, 2026 (beta for Claude Team and Enterprise), it lets Claude join Slack as a team member: admins grant it access to selected channels, tools, data, and codebases, and anyone in a channel can tag

The strongest version of you is buried under the habits you're afraid to break

> The strongest version of you is buried under the habits you're afraid to break

AI and Context Engineering Glossary

Unified terminology reference for AI, Context Engineering, and Knowledge Management. Organized by domain. Each entry links to its dedicated vault note.

Comprehension Debt

Comprehension debt is the gap between what a system does and what its owners actually understand about it. Every line of code you ship without understanding adds to it. You still own the behavior; you just can't explain it, debug it, or safely change it.

Loop Engineering Went Mainstream

Mid-2026, and "loop engineering" is now the phrase you keep seeing in AI conversations. Boris Cherny from Anthropic (creator of Claude Code) said it directly: "I don't prompt Claude anymore. My job is to create loops." Peter Steinberger made the same point in his own words: stop prompting coding age

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Knowii Voice AI 0.7.0 - Rock-Solid Linux Support

Knowii Voice AI 0.7.0 is out, and it makes voice typing rock-solid on Linux. Reliable global shortcuts on GNOME, KDE, and Hyprland, correct keyboard layouts on Wayland, GPU acceleration out of the box, plus quality-of-life improvements for every platform.

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How I Turned My Obsidian Notes Into Kanban Boards

I built a plugin that turns any Obsidian Base into a Kanban board, a calendar, and a triage queue, with every change written straight back to your notes. Here's how I plan my whole vault with it.

Markr

Markr is a tiny desktop timer that lets you bookmark moments while you record, so editing means jumping to marks instead of scrubbing the whole clip. Mark the moment as it happens, not after. Electron/React/TypeScript, MIT.

Obsidian AI Skills by Steph Ango

Obsidian AI Skills (the `obsidian-skills` repository) is an open set of Agent Skills published by Steph Ango (kepano), Obsidian's CEO, that teach AI agents to read and write Obsidian's file formats natively instead of guessing at them. It went up in June 2026 and blew up fast; it was already past 37