Comment by ohyoutravel
9 hours ago
This doesn’t sound useful, speaking as an obsidian user. It doesn’t seem like it solves any problems at all.
That being said, when I first switch to Obsidian from Evernote I noted that there is a giant community of users who use Obsidian to obsess over the perfect Obsidian setup. They don’t have any tasks to add because the only thing they “do” is micromanage Obsidian, as a hobby, to share with other hobbyists. I bet if you’re looking for an AI grift to create, this would be the group to target.
Fair critique. I probably didn’t explain the wedge clearly. I’m not trying to optimize Obsidian setups — I’m testing whether “right-time recall → next action” is a real pain vs a non-problem for most users. For you personally, what’s the smallest concrete outcome that would make this useful (if any): better retrieval, fewer missed follow-ups, or something else? If the answer is “none”, that’s also valuable signal.
This isn’t an Obsidian thing, it’s just the next iteration of the GTD mania of the aughts or the Atomic Habits people or whatever other trend. There will always be people trying to optimise their organisational workflow to no end. Some of the least prolific coders I know have the most heavily customised vim. The problem with adding AI is these people are addicted to the brain crack of doing it themselves so AI is sort of antithetical to the philosophy.
Absolutely right! The immediate feedback and sense of accomplishment from doing things yourself can be incredibly satisfying. But AI actually excels at providing instant positive reinforcement in this area—especially Vibe Coding. It's seriously addictive... hahaha