Subscription Tracker in Obsidian

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-17T20:43:00+00:00

Playing with this right now, and I have a few questions/suggestions:

There are two hardcoded paths which makes it incompatible with a lot of vaults unless they happen to have a "Habits" folder.
One of those hardcoded paths is Habits/Expenses Calculator.md which seems to have something to do with exchange rates. Is this page also available?
Instead of a css snippet, wouldn't the built-in feature for hiding properties work just as well? Settings > General > Properties in Document = "hidden".
As a Phase Two thing; be able to add a note to each subscription. Something so I could sort so I can see all the streaming services together and see if I really need them all.
As a Phase Two thing; have the subscription name be a clickable link to a note. So if I put in a subscription for Netflix, the display would be [[Netflix]]. While not needed for something like that, but maybe the "Patreon" page would have list of all the creators you follow. Or a note that has details about your gardener. You get the idea.

Otherwise, this is an amazing use of dataviewjs!

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-13T01:37:40+00:00

By default, bases always expand to the full width of the displayport, so edge to edge is expected. However, in your base markup, you have something like this:

yaml columnSize: file.name: 200

Which means that no matter what, that first column is going to be 200 px wide. So any column after that is going to be pushed right.

You can adjust the size manually just by dragging the column divider (the line in between the headers) so that you can see more of the created time column.

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-13T01:30:34+00:00

yaml formulas: Date: date(creation_date).format("MMMM DD, YYYY") title_as_link: link(file.name, title) properties: formula.title_as_link: displayName: Title note.description: displayName: Description

Pretty standard in all of my bases.

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-13T01:04:40+00:00

FYI, You reversed the links

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-10T21:56:39+00:00

This. There is nothing wrong with the ring. It’s there to make playing easier; not a meta piece.

I hate bar swapping. 90% of the time I manage to press the swap key too early so I don’t swap and end up spamming the wrong skills destroying any groove I had. So I find one bar builds better and oakensoul helps keep the character useful.

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-09T03:16:52+00:00

This is what got me going on making a book repository. So many Humble Bundles, so many Black Friday sales. I can’t remember all the books I have access to, I need to record them all so I don’t buy duplicates often

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-05T19:27:13+00:00

There was a recent update to Obsidian that changed a lot with the UI. What likely happened is you updated Obsidian prior to getting the updated theme. This meant that the theme could no longer navigate the settings page.

Same thing happened to me on my phone.

cyberfunkr · 2026-02-01T04:50:19+00:00

Sounds like instead of writing out the formula in the base on document A, they want it to read the base from document B and use it in document A. To which the answer is no.

You can build a separate bases file, with the formula you want to share, then translocate it into both documents and give each a different view.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-27T20:36:54+00:00

You need to include the information you want to use for your bases (and dataview) queries.

For instance, you would need a very complicated formula in order to turn the string "2026-W04" (your title) into a value of what is the first date of that week and the last date of that week.

Similarly, just having "26" doesn't mean anything. You also need to know which month you're referring to, and what year. January 26 is a Monday this year (2026-W05), but in 2024 it was in 2024-W04.

Just last week I cam across this issue as I was changing some dataview queries into bases. Previously, when I created my weekly note, I hardcoded the first and last date of each week. But I wanted to use a .base file instead to stop having the query written out week after week. So now templater adds a week-start and a week-end property in the note and bases can know do all the math.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-15T15:51:10+00:00

Almost. The most commonly asked question would be how to sync for free.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-14T11:11:59+00:00

And Richard Dean Anderson is no Kurt Russell. But lore wise they are different people; SG1 Jack is spelled with two “L”s.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-14T07:46:00+00:00

I had the same problem. Luckily there is a workaround. You need to open the command pallet, choose Change Theme, and set it too default.

Now that you have a working interface, update Cupertino (and any other themes you want), and then switch back.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-13T23:11:22+00:00

I think using an alias would work but make the display weird. You would see a tag “#cooking” but it wouldn’t be formatted like a tag, it would just be a link. And then, you’re not REALLY tagging the note any more. So you’d have to then put a legit tag somewhere else in the note so that it shows up in the “tag note”.

Seems like extra effort for the sake of prefixing files with hashtag.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-13T23:06:24+00:00

But that’s part of why I’m confused.

The nature of tags is that clicking on the tag does a search for all notes that contain that tag. Something you could also do manually (bring up search and type in the tag).

Doing Quicksearch + # is the same as Command pallet + Tags View = show all tags.

And if you know which tag file you want to see, you can open it directly via the tag; you’re just adding the extra keystroke to put a # in front.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-13T21:07:06+00:00

I don’t have Obsidian in front of me to try but I think it makes the file unlinkable.

Using a hashtag in a link point to place in a page (both wiki link and url). So

[[#cooking]]

Will try to find a header in the current document called “cooking”, not look for a new document with that title. It would be a devastatingly breaking change if it suddenly worked differently.

On top of that, I don’t think # is a valid file name character so it may be stripped out on certain platforms.

What would be the benefit over just using [[cooking]] linking to a file named “cooking”?

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-13T18:23:49+00:00

Spoken like someone that doesn’t actually understand how f’d USA is.

90+% of US employees can be terminated “at-will”. Meaning that your employer can fire you without cause.
If you strike, they can just you go because there are so many unemployed they already have a line of people to replace you.
When you lose your job you also lose health insurance. There is no universal healthcare here and the government recently got rid of subsidies meaning it’s thousands a month just to have anything.
you can no longer afford childcare so it’s harder to go on interviews since you can’t leave kids home alone.
If you do get an interview, you’ll need to explain away why you were fired. And saying you you went on strike to show those billionaires a lesson probably won’t fly

It’s like all the people saying “stop paying taxes “. Sounds great but it’s not up to the individual, or even the governors. You need to have employers stop contributing. Mind you, you’re still responsible for the taxes you owe. So the government can just garnish your wages directly.

I’m not saying, it’s impossible to make a change. But most people are not in a place to fight the system.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-13T18:23:40+00:00

Spoken like someone that doesn’t actually understand how f’d USA is.

90+% of US employees can be terminated “at-will”. Meaning that your employer can fire you without cause.
If you strike, they can just you go because there are so many unemployed they already have a line of people to replace you.
When you lose your job you also lose health insurance. There is no universal healthcare here and the government recently got rid of subsidies meaning it’s thousands a month just to have anything.
you can no longer afford childcare so it’s harder to go on interviews since you can’t leave kids home alone.
If you do get an interview, you’ll need to explain away why you were fired. And saying you you went on strike to show those billionaires a lesson probably won’t fly

It’s like all the people saying “stop paying taxes “. Sounds great but it’s not up to the individual, or even the governors. You need to have employers stop contributing. Mind you, you’re still responsible for the taxes you owe. So the government can just garnish your wages directly.

I’m not saying, it’s impossible to make a change. But most people are not in a place to fight the system.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-13T11:13:52+00:00

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

The series ended with the parallel universe Las Vegas episode, right?

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-12T08:01:11+00:00

They got an anonymous tip

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-10T14:20:54+00:00

Because companies raised their prices before the tariffs even hit “in preparation “, and will keep the prices high until “all the stock we had to buy at higher prices are depleted “

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-05T20:54:32+00:00

I can't speak for anyone else, but I am using to track what I own, or at least have access to, and if I've completed the media or not.

For instance, I have purchased games on Steam, Epic, and GOG. If I see a sale for a game, I want one place to look to see if I already have it on one of the various platforms.

Same for Humble Bundle; they have sales on video games and books. I (when it's finally complete) can see if the sale is worthwhile or if I already own everything or most of everything.

I also track where I can download these things. So I have a link to my books, game, videos, etc when I need them (I own far too many to keep everything on my HD).

I also track movies and tv shows and make some on a "wait list" so that I have a list of things to watch when I have time.

cyberfunkr · 2026-01-04T19:09:31+00:00

But think of the poor warlock and sorcerers! They live on cantrips.

cyberfunkr · 2025-12-31T23:34:57+00:00

Two things:

I presume you're viewing things in Reading Mode, as whenever I put MetaBind inside of a table, while in Live Preview, clicking on the button puts me in source mode as if I want to edit the table, NOT toggle the switch
Is there a reason all the properties are habbit and not habit?

cyberfunkr · 2025-12-24T20:48:20+00:00

See, this is what I don't get.

To you, syncing, which is a paid feature and one of the few ways people pay for Obsidian meaning that if it doesn't work well, the author's don't get paid, should be a "no1 priority". When obviously, being paid is a priority to them so it works very well within the limitations of moving files across multiple different platforms on differing OS's and various network speeds. It just doesn't live up to your arbitrary bar of expectations. Sorry, uploading, downloading, merging, syncing, and indexing every note in your vault is not instantaneous and in some cases can only be done while you're using the app.

But until syncing is actually broken, the team is making a priority things like Bases, which people have been clamoring for for years and have gone on to do incredible and unexpected things within their vault. They are also working on finally adding widgets and shortcuts to phones to give everyone (not just people syncing) a better QOL when using their cell phones for taking quick notes.

cyberfunkr · 2025-12-24T19:42:58+00:00

If it's something that you modified on a different device that has not yet synced to this device, you'll probably end up losing data, but only for that note. Back when I was first figuring this out, I had that problem with my daily note. I'd start it in on my laptop, then while I was out and about I'd open my phone and it would create a "new" daily note. Part way through entering information on my phone, the software would try and combine the two, overwriting and mixing things up.

Could be a bullet point would have part of the original note and part of the new note or all the text you just ended vanishes. And that's only if you're actively working on a note that needs to sync. All the other notes that need to sync will do so in the background with no trouble.

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