179: The Philosophy of Obsidian, with CEO Steph Ango

Subtitle: State of the Workflow
Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions.

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Guest Starring:
Steph Ango (relay.fm/people/stephanango)

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stephango.com
Obsidian (obsidian.md)
Minimal Theme for Obsidian (minimal.guide/home)
How I use Obsidian — Steph Ango (stephango.com/vault)
Obsidian Web Clipper (obsidian.md/clipper)
How I do my to-dos — Steph Ango (stephango.com/todos)
Manifesto - About - Obsidian (obsidian.md/about)
If you're remote, ramble — Steph Ango (stephango.com/ramblings)
Always Bet on Text - graydon2 (graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html)
File over app — Steph Ango (stephango.com/file-over-app)
Don't delegate understanding — Steph Ango (stephango.com/understand)
Caloric energy is precious — Steph Ango (stephango.com/precious)
Obsidian CLI (obsidian.md/cli)