Living document of my current Obsidian setup.
I try to keep my setup pretty minimal to reduce cognitive load and be able to focus on writing/reading. This is especially true of plugins, if a plugin isn’t a “wow”-experience, I don’t install it.
Settings
Instead of listing all of the settings I have or have not set, I’ll just provide my config file. It’s applied on top of the Obsidian defaults, so if something is not set, that means I’m using the default.
.obsidian/app.json
{
"vimMode": true,
"newFileLocation": "folder",
"newFileFolderPath": "vault/inbox",
"attachmentFolderPath": "vault/attachments"
}Plugins
Auto Timestamps
Local custom plugin that sets created_at and last_update properties automatically when creating and saving a note. Allows for display of when a note was created and edited. Useful for both data analytics and for displaying on my site.
Currently not open source, will do when it’s less buggy and I have the time.