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Eugene Yan switches from Roam Research to Obsidian for note-taking

Eugene Yan details his migration from Roam Research to Obsidian, a process he found surprisingly straightforward and completed in under an hour. He outlines the steps involved, including downloading notes, organizing images, and fixing tag formatting issues using regular expressions. Yan also discusses setting up obsidian-git for cross-device syncing and shares his positive initial impressions of Obsidian's performance and customizability compared to Roam Research. AI

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Eugene Yan switches from Roam Research to Obsidian for note-taking

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  1. Eugene Yan TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Goodbye Roam Research, Hello Obsidian

    How to migrate and sync notes & images across devices