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File over App Philosophy (stephango.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by starman to c/[email protected]

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I personally wouldn't recommend obsidian (mentioned at the end of the article), but still, I think the article is worth reading.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

keep a copy of the software with the data files.

That only works to a certain extent. Sooner or later you'll need to run a vm to run that software, so then you'll also need to keep isos for that operating system. The stack required to open that document will only keep growing.

Meanwhile, I'll guarantee you that you'll be able to open that markdown file that Obsidian generates with any text editor from 2124.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I kind of assumed all that with "keep the software", but you make excellent points.

Guess I need to re-re-think my setup. Like keep some VM's or containers already configured with the app, and an annual maintenance cycle (minimum) to verify it all works as expected.

Seems like this is really about backup or failover/DR management.

Sigh, yay, another thing to add to the list, haha.