Is there any point in using any other GPT model than "GPT Codex 5.3" when using Codex? GPT 5.2 for general knowledge? 5.1 Codex Mini as a sub-agent? #webdev #ai #codex #coding

Fantastic look at open source options for design work by @scott.is over on @piccalil.li. Useful info, and a fun read as well. piccalil.li/blog/the-ope...

Updated my post about different ways to build a website! Going over different tools you can use if you just want to have a website, from website builders to content-management-systems to custom coding. Read it here: webdev.bryanhogan.com/start/ways-t... #buildinpublic #webdev #indiedev #indieweb

In the process of "rebranding" my web development guide. Web Dev Guide ➡️ Clean Web Dev Guide Thinking the penguin has to go, but with what? Maybe soap, but I like using animals. Maybe keep the penguin? But I don't want any associations with Linux. #buildinpublic #webdev #indiedev #cleanwebdev

I like my setup more than PARA. PARA means splitting your notes into: Project, Area, Resource, Archive I much prefer: 1. Zettelkasten 2. Projects 3. Collections Zettelkasten for long-term knowledge notes. 1/3 #Obsidian #ObsidianMD #PKM #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #PARA

Most important rule for using Obsidian: - Keep it simple So much you can do, but a simple system scales better, takes less mental energy, allows you to get into it quicker, overall getting more work done. How my full vault works here: bryanhogan.com/blog/obsidia... #ObsidianMD #PKM #SmallWeb

I recently wrote about using SvelteKit + Capacitor to make an app. One codebase for website + PWA + Android + iOS using just simple HTML, CSS and JS enhanced with Svelte. Would anyone be interested in a starter template for this? #buildinpublic #sveltekit #capacitor #webapp #webdev

I sync my #Obsidian vault for free. Between desktop and mobile. How? An Obsidian vault is just markdown files, so any file sync works. 3 options ⬇️ 1️⃣ Google Drive, One Drive, or any other cloud provider. 2️⃣ Peer to peer tools such as SyncThing Fork or Resilio. 3️⃣ GitHub & co. #ObsidianMD #PKM

My favorite BlueSky hashtags: #buildinpublic #devlog #webdev #webapp #indiedev #indieweb #smallweb #svelte #sveltekit #obsidianmd #obsidian #pkm Any further recommendations? :)

Updated my /ideas page! Read it here: bryanhogan.com/ideas #buildinpublic #webdev #indiedev #smallweb #blog

Published the 24th edition of my monthly mail-letter. This month includes: - New Years in Osaka - AI coding The full post: buttondown.com/BryanHogan/a... #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog #obsidianmd #indiedev

I just published: my introduction to Obsidian! I think Obsidian is the best note-taking tool. But people often over-complicate it, so I wanted to compress my recommendations + link to the most important resources. Read it here: bryanhogan.com/blog/obsidia... #obsidian #obsidianmd #indieweb #pkm

Just posted: From Web to Native: Building Apps with SvelteKit & Capacitor A website is great, but sometimes you also want an app version. With CapacitorJS this can be done with one codebase. How to do this using #SvelteKit as your framework: bryanhogan.com/blog/web-to-... #webdev #svelte #webapp

How I'm learning Korean 🇰🇷 ​I've been using Anki more again. It’s great for memorisation but kinda dry. Also, a pure Anki grind doesn't really help with application, which is the most important part of effective language learning. #languagelearning #korean #한국어 #한국어공부

Built an app to learn Hiragana. A gamified approach to that gradually introduces characters. As I'm currently in Osaka I can use my own app well :) Hoping to make learning Japanese more fun. 👉 app.tolearnjapanese.com #japanese #hiragana #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog #languagelearning #indiedev

Published the 23rd edition of my monthly mail-letter. This month includes: - Moved into my own apartment in Osaka - Worked on game.tolearnkorean.com - Blog post - Shared some cool blog posts The full post: buttondown.com/BryanHogan/a... #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog #languagelearning #indiedev

Building an app to learn Korean words faster. Learning new words, in a more fun way that I actually stick with. Taking what I love about Anki and building on-top of that, e.g. gamification aspects like Duolingo. #Anki #한국어공부 #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog #edtech #languagelearning #indiedev

My monthly updates include: 1. What I've been up to, e.g. living as a digital nomad (currently 📍 Osaka) 2. What I recently wrote and built. 3. Cool things by others. Often blog posts about creating and living well. #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog #edtech #languagelearning #indiedev

Having a personal email newsletter is great. So I'm grateful for everyone who joins mine! New post: bryanhogan.com/blog/email-t...

After going to Korea -> Macau -> Mainland China -> Korea I'm now in Japan! Published a new issue of my monthly e-mail newsletter, some thoughts about my first month in Osaka and blog posts. Read it here: buttondown.com/BryanHogan/a...

Obsidian or Notion? Both are powerful, but fit into different needs. #Obsidian is better if you value owning your data, offline functionality and deep customization. #Notion fits better if you need online collaboration, getting started quickly and its Database features.

Updated my /now page! It's about what I'm doing now, which is: - Working holiday in Japan, working at a hostel - Working as a freelancer building a web app - Building my app DailySelfTrack Read all here: bryanhogan.com/now #buildinpublic #webdev

4,000€. One-way. No return date. I’m betting on myself, traveling, learning, and building a digital business along the way. #travel #buildinpublic #nomad

From Busan to Fukuoka by ferry 🛳

One of my favorite ChatGPT instructions / projects I use for learning and improving my Korean. Often words are just combinations of other words or concepts. By understanding these building blocks, I can learn new words much faster and also better remember existing ones.

I left Germany with 4000€ in my bank and no income. Now living as a nomad, currently in Seoul. Trying to build something that matters. My Projects: 1️⃣ DailySelfTrack.com - Customizable self-tracking app. 2️⃣ BryanHogan.com - Blog about productivity, sustainable self-growth, life abroad and the web.

Redesigned the landing page for my DailySelfTrack app project today. What do you think? (How many times better is the new design compared to the old one? 👀) Built with @astro.build btw! 1️⃣ Old one 2️⃣ New one

Published issue 21 of my monthly mail! buttondown.com/BryanHogan/a...

I sync my #Obsidian vault for free between desktop and mobile. How? An Obsidian vault is just markdown files, so any file sync works. 3 options ⬇️ 1️⃣ Google Drive, One Drive, or any other cloud provider. 2️⃣ Peer to peer tools such as SyncThing Fork or Resilio. 3️⃣ GitHub & co. Want more details? See:

Currently using #Obsidian for: - collecting my thoughts and ideas - saving important knowledge and information - writing things such as my blog and monthly mail updates. My two most important folder, /Zettelkasten and /Projects use a bottom-up approach.

Have been using #Obsidian as my main note-taking tool for more than 3 years now, and I still love it! So many things I prefer over other note-taking apps, especially the file over app approach using markdown files. With my latest post about using Obsidian I have now written 10 in depth posts!

Leaflet.pub seems nice?

Rebuilt the end-of-post section for my blog. Took much longer than I expected. Tried AI tools like Copilot and Claude Code, which are definitely helpful, but still decided to rewrite the HTML & CSS from scratch since anything generated was messy. Any ideas on how to improve the design?

Funny contrast between post #1 and #2 on HackerNews today #obsidian @obsidian.md #notion @notion.com

Just got into #n8n and it's amazing how much one could do with it. (It allows you to create automations between different tools). Just finished the example that takes a chat interface, ChatGPT and Google Calendar integration to tell you about upcoming events :) #ai

20th edition of my newsletter is out! Wrote about my time in Macau, slow progress in reaching my goals, and the regular cool stuff on the internet :) buttondown.com/BryanHogan/a...

Happy to see my blog post included on Astro's monthly update! @astro.build Using my favorite "note-taking" tool ( @obsidian.md ) with my favorite framework (Astro) is great and I can highly recommend this workflow 💯

Always wondering if it's even worth posting on #BlueSky. It's like a black hole for anything I put on here. I don't want to stick to posting only one keyword either, but the algorithm isn't doing me any favors. Slightly educational or "productivity" content does much better elsewhere for me.

Today's learnings using #Obsidian: Bases are very useful: - They can be used within a note - It's possible to set a limit on how many results are shown - Can display amount of backlinks using a formula, which is just file.backlinks.length - Can sort based on amount of backlinks

Have been using #Obsidian for a lot of stuff. And now Obsidian #Bases is finally out! My experience so far has been great. It can definitely replace the "Projects" plugin for me, maybe the "Dataview" plugin as well? Hope it can rival Notion Databases in the future, e.g. by adding a Kanban view.

Can #Obsidian replace Word or LaTeX for a #thesis? I tried, but how far can Markdown + the Longform plugin + Zotero take you? Published as a new post on my blog :)

If anyone is interested in building truely native apps with #svelte and #lynxjs, please reach out! We have a working prototype but need funding to make that production ready and usable for the wider ecosystem 🤗

More progress on my self-tracking app. Starting pop-up that explains what this app even is. Building with SvelteKit & Capacitor has been great so far. Will have to do MVP user testing in the next 2 days, then analyze my findings and finish up my bachelor thesis until the end of this week.

Streak counter added. Working on my habit tracker / journaling / health logging app. Need to get it into a MVP state until end of this week, then do user testing, and then finish up my bachelor thesis on it.

Built a timer tool for myself to focus better. Helps me with time-boxing. Added some smaller improvements today.

Made a gaming backlog in Obsidian and updated my post on how to do this as well. You can use this to make collection for any type of content, I also use it for books.

I found the best setup using Obsidian to write the content for my Astro website, which is by utilizing GitHub & submodules. Might sound complicated but it's quite simple. Wrote about how to do this here: bryanhogan.com/blog/obsidia...

Not sure which one to pick. What do you think, A or B?

Updating the tech-stack behind my ToLearnKorean page. Using Astro Starlight now. Next up is writing more chapters, currently it just contains chapters on Hangul and how to use Anki to learn Korean.

Just finished rewriting my personal website + blog page. Styling is very similar to the previous version but the code is much cleaner. Whole project is in a public repository on my GitHub. Feedback (about styling etc.) is very welcome :)