Why I'm Moving my Personal Notes from Notion to Obsidian as a Software Engineer

In this video we discuss why I'm moving from Notion to Obsidian, where each is better, and what I recommend to different people.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-09_notion-to-obsidian-for-notes

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Where Obsidian is better than Notion
05:45 - Where Notion is better than Obsidian
08:55 - Would I recommend Obsidian or Notion?

Links:

- How to Setup an Ergonomic Workstation - More productivity, less back / neck / wrist pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4sO9ntlVaU&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- My Simple Daily Todolist as a Software Engineer - Maximize Productivity, Minimize Waste - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMIqaPqxwPU&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
- I Quit Coffee for 90 Days - Here’s How It Affected Me as a Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9B9TOad0E&ab_channel=HAMYLABS

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.

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