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Why I'm Moving Back to Notion from Obsidian for Personal Notes

Hamilton Greene

In this video we explore my reasons for moving back to Notion after a 6 week experiment using Obsidian as my daily driver personal knowledge management system.

Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-11_moving-back-to-notion

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Obsidian has no built-in collaboration features
01:30 - Obsidian handles media poorly
03:45 - Obsidian requires a LOT of customization to be usable
07:15 - Notion has a superior editing experience
10:50 - I prefer web interfaces for knowledge work
13:10 - What I'm taking with me from Obsidian

Links:

- Why I'm Moving my Personal Notes from Notion to Obsidian as a Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJpWwrtsdA
- How to Setup an Ergonomic Workstation - More productivity, less back / neck / wrist pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4sO9ntlVaU
- My Simple Daily Todolist as a Software Engineer - Maximize Productivity, Minimize Waste - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMIqaPqxwPU

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

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