Tired of migrating notes apps like Obsidian or Evernote? Learn how to build your own private, long-term PKM using self-hosted Directus for control & longevity.

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Ditching Obsidian and building my own

Build a private, self-hosted, and extensible productivity notes-taking system using Directus and Docker - inspired by Obsidian and single-file workflows

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The last note taking app you'll ever need

This guide will detail step-by-step how to set up a cheap and simple server to host your web apps.

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How to set up a VPS for hosting web apps

Reducing prompt complexity, enabling deterministic testing, and bringing type safety to AI workflows for production use

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How Structured Output makes LLMs usable in production

How to build and publish a custom component library that can save time, boost consistency, and streamline development for both solo devs and teams. 

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The long-term payoff of building a component library

A walkthrough of automating Hacker News ‘Who’s Hiring’ threads — using web scraping, GPT, and GitHub Actions to generate structured markdown tables.

Blog posts

Ditching Obsidian and building my own

The last note taking app you'll ever need

How to set up a VPS for hosting web apps

How Structured Output makes LLMs usable in production

The long-term payoff of building a component library

How I automated parsing Hacker News hiring threads into markdown