Life & fun · December 18, 2022
A highly opinionated, fully functional Obsidian vault
A few months ago I noticed that I was quickly approaching my 10GB sync limit for my daily driver vault. I considered deprecating some of the heavier files and images, but I was worried how it would affect the integrity of my vault. Instead, I took the opportunity to think to myself -- what would the perfect vault look like? I began to write down some of the key philosophies and strategies I use in my driver vault which led to indispensable plugins, which led to more indispensable philosophies and on and on it went. I've chronicled these results into a fully working vault template that…
A highly opinionated, fully functional Obsidian vault launched on December 18, 2022 with 258 votes, #99 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
This is a fully functional Obsidian vault template built around a set of philosophies and strategies for efficient note-taking and knowledge management. It includes templates, dataviews, macros, scripts, and structural elements designed to help users organize information without hitting storage limits. The vault is intended for Obsidian users seeking an opinionated, ready-to-use system based on practical experience managing large personal knowledge bases.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A highly opinionated, fully featured Obsidian vault that can get you from Zero to Zettelkasten lickety split! - bramses/bramses-highly-opinionated-vault-2023
In the maker’s words, at launch
A few months ago I noticed that I was quickly approaching my 10GB sync limit for my daily driver vault. I considered deprecating some of the heavier files and images, but I was worried how it would affect the integrity of my vault. Instead, I took the opportunity to think to myself -- what would the perfect vault…
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https://github.com/acheong08/obsidian-sync Hello HN, I'm a recent high school graduate and can't afford $8 per month for the official sync service, so I tried my hand at replicating the server. It's still missing a few features, such as file recovery and history, but the basic sync is working. To the creators of Obsidian.md: I'm probably violating the TOS, and I'm sorry. I'll take down the repository if asked. It's not ready for production and is highly inefficient; Not competition, so I hope you'll be lenient.
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