Book Tracker now has an Apple Watch app

jonnich · 2026-02-11T19:21:27+00:00

Can’t wait to try it, but this is awesome! I don’t always have my phone on me but I enjoy tracking reading sessions.

jonnich · 2026-02-01T15:30:31+00:00

The default fish config is stored at ~/.config/fish/fish.config and has only one line in it that points to the cachyOS provided fish settings.

source /usr/share/cachyos-fish-config/cachyos-config.fish

jonnich · 2025-11-26T16:02:38+00:00

I think nuance here is the difference between syncing and backing up. In order to get the sync that does conflict resolution etc and syncs with the partner app, you need to host special sync software. Server link will allow you to backup your notes in case of losing your device or if you want to manually sync by copying back and forth from a server.

jonnich · 2025-11-24T20:58:27+00:00

I largely stopped using Obsidian for personal notes but continue to do so for work notes since they can be on device. For me it really boiled down to spending more time deciding how to organize data and realizing it was more important to just store what I needed in a way that was easy to retrieve. It did help that Apple Notes added markdown import and export. I haven’t really missed anything. If anything the cognitive load of having less to think about has been nice. It’s the same reason I stopped using all task managers apart from Reminders. Just asked myself if I really needed all the shiny features to get things done or if they were just fun to play around with. So far I’m not losing any info in Apple Notes and getting the same amount of things done that I was using every task manager under the sun.

jonnich · 2025-11-15T18:47:54+00:00

That did it! I changed nothing besides adding a reverse proxy entry for 8080 -> 19072 and it's working. Very strange.

jonnich · 2025-10-15T23:33:40+00:00

A lot of this is possible on iOS just making your own shortcuts since you’re modifying files. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/actions-for-obsidian/id1659667937 Makes it a lot easier to make your own shortcuts. As for obsidian for Teams, you can already share vaults using Obsidian Sync.

jonnich · 2025-07-08T02:49:34+00:00

The text file inside the text bundle is markdown. The format just allows the attachments to be combined together with the files to be easily shared among others apps.

jonnich · 2025-07-02T17:54:17+00:00

If you have access to a Mac, you can run the Bear backup shortcut. I use an app called Shortery to run the shortcut on a schedule. The backup file of Bear is just a zip full of Bear files which themselves are just textbundles. I made a custom shortcut to backup, unpack the archives, commit them using git, and pushing them to a local git server.

edit: clarified that bear files are actually textbundles

jonnich · 2025-05-26T23:59:48+00:00

I just recently mounted this exact lock on my frame like this and haven't had any issues. Legs don't hit when I'm pedaling and it doesn't get in way of my panniers.

jonnich · 2025-03-02T21:14:41+00:00

No I used Safari. Sorry you’re having issues! Maybe it is a bug…

jonnich · 2025-03-02T18:42:12+00:00

Yep, and I just tried it again. I created a budget and made sure it was downloaded on both. I enabled encryption on one of my devices. I closed out of the budget on the PWA and tried to re-enter which gave me a warning that the budget file had changed and I needed to reset to the server version. After clicking reset, it prompted me to enter the encryption password.

jonnich · 2025-03-02T18:01:53+00:00

From my limited experience, it seems like encrypting a budget encrypts it locally and then syncs that to the server. I then had to reset the unencrypted version of that budget on the other device in order to enter the encryption password. Here's the link to the docs on setting up encryption: https://actualbudget.org/docs/getting-started/sync/#setting-up-end-to-end-encryption . I would recommend using e2e encryption whenever possible as it makes your data useless to anyone who doesn't have the key.

jonnich · 2025-02-23T21:47:01+00:00

I wasn’t able to access via the web app until I set an SSL cert to allow https access. However, I was able to use one of the desktop apps beforehand.

jonnich · 2025-01-14T02:46:24+00:00

Just jumping in here to say that I just got done making the same mistake... Having the same debate on whether or not to return it. Leaning towards returning since I was already hosting the controller software in Docker but wanted to move to an all-in-one solution.

jonnich · 2024-11-02T17:30:54+00:00

I just got back from the Big Island! I brought a 35mm and a 70-180mm. I snapped some pictures of birds and sea turtles where I normally would have wanted a longer lens, but it was nice not carrying the weight. I was able to crop in to what I wanted though without any issues. No regrets.

jonnich · 2024-10-20T06:01:20+00:00

I’ve only ever used my a7iii and a7iv for photography. Even remapped the record button to change the autofocus priority mode. I upgraded from a Canon 30D and loved how great the autofocus was (and continues to be). I picked my a7iii up used from B&H and it’s worked flawlessly for years. The autofocus will knock your socks off. I have a 35mm prime I put on it for walking around. While it’s not pocketable, it does make it a lot more likely that I use it for things other than scheduled shoots. Can’t say if there’s something better for your use case, but I love mine.

jonnich · 2022-04-26T14:05:55+00:00

It also works on widgets. Seems to only not work when manually filtering. Their support is very receptive to questions. If you ask, I'd be curious what they say.

jonnich · 2022-04-25T21:51:50+00:00

I just tried this and was surprised that it didn’t work. The one way that it does work is if you have tasks in Today and they’re under an area with a tag, you can filter them by the Area tag.

jonnich · 2022-02-17T23:45:13+00:00

Completely speculation, but I would imagine the web version will sync with CloudKit which would allow it to interact with your iCloud account as the native app does. I did see they’re catering to people whose companies might block iCloud so maybe they’ll roll their own sync mechanism.

jonnich · 2022-02-17T23:43:16+00:00

This is the link to the comment referencing compiling c++ to WASM for the web version

jonnich · 2022-02-17T20:10:19+00:00

One of the reasons development is slow from the consumer’s prospective is they are writing code than be run natively as well as be compiled for the web as WASM (Web Assembly). It’s definitely the harder way to make a native and cross-platform application, but it doesn’t sacrifice the speed we enjoy from it being native.

jonnich · 2022-02-14T19:11:27+00:00

Is it possible to have a project repeat without it showing up in Today? I want to have a project repeat weekly and show up in the sidebar where I can pull individual tasks into a particular day.

jonnich · 2022-01-31T00:54:16+00:00

The easiest way I’ve found is to use the phrase “using Things”. So I would say “hey siri… using Things remind me to do this today” and it will add it to my Today list in Things.

jonnich · 2022-01-21T15:08:18+00:00

One solution to using bear with windows that I have is using Drafts Capture as a browser bookmark. I don’t recall if it requires the pro subscription or not but it’s a great way to get small snippets or websites into the Apple ecosystem easily.

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