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Kanban Action Planner - column triage, focus mode, time tracking, and the end of the freeze

Five releases of the Kanban Action Planner landed today, from 1.18.0 to 1.19.2. They add column triage, focus mode, time tracking, new filter aliases, and a performance fix for large boards.

Dataview Serializer 3.0 - a settings screen you can search, and a bug that could eat a query

The Dataview Serializer plugin for Obsidian just reached 3.0.0.

Mastering concepts matters more than ever

The way we learn and perceive software development is changing a lot due to the rapid evolution of AI capabilities.

Knowii Voice AI

You Think Faster Than You Type Your Keyboard Is Costing You Hours Every Week

Obsidian Aliases

Aliases give a note alternative names. They are defined in the note's frontmatter (see Obsidian Properties) and picked up everywhere Obsidian resolves names: wikilink autocomplete, the Obsidian Quick Switcher, and unlinked mentions.

Obsidian Embeds

Embeds display the content of another file inside the current note. The syntax is a wikilink prefixed with `!`. This is Obsidian's implementation of Transclusion: content lives in one place and gets reused by reference, never copied.

Obsidian Search

Obsidian search (backed by the Search core plugin for Obsidian) is full-text search across the whole vault, with operators that most users never discover. Learning a handful of them is the difference between scrolling through results and getting exactly the notes you meant.

My AI assistant is turning into an operating system

The way I use AI has gone through many iterations already.

Model routing

Model routing is the practice of directing different tasks to different AI models based on the task's requirements. Instead of using one model for everything, a routing layer selects the most appropriate model considering capability, cost, speed, and context needs.

Microsoft eXecution Container (MXC)

Microsoft eXecution Container (MXC) is an open-source (MIT License) sandboxed code execution system from Microsoft for running untrusted code (model outputs, plugins, tools) safely on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Instead of shipping one isolation technology, it puts multiple containment backends, from

Zellij

Zellij is a modern terminal multiplexer written in Rust. It positions itself as a "terminal workspace" that doesn't sacrifice simplicity for power; discoverable UI with on-screen keybinding hints makes it approachable without limiting what power users can do.

GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency (GHE.com)

GHE.com is the version of GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency: a managed cloud GitHub where a company chooses the region its code and data are stored in. Each enterprise gets a dedicated subdomain (e.g. `octocorp.ghe.com`) with its own namespace, fully isolated from the open-source community