Hi folks, it was SO fun to meet so many of you in Paris earlier this month at EuroRust!
I simply couldn't wait to show you my talk, so here is a cut of the official audio overlaid with my slides, while we're waiting for the EuroRust team to upload their official multicam version. (can't wait for that, the recording of the stream looked great! Though I think they took 2 months last time to upload theirs...).
I'm going to pitch again next year, I had a blast!
Tris
Hi folks, I just found this and thought I'd quickly share with you:
https://bases-toolbox.boninall.com/
It doesn't support all dataview syntax, but is a really good start!
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I'm loving bases so far, especially that you can embed them with the standard ![[my.base]] syntax.
I re-discovered yesterday that you can embed a search, using all of obsidian's advanced search syn...
2025-10-22 06:33:59 +0000 UTC
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This video is WAY too long! I'll cut about a third out before publicly releasing it, but it's all good stuff, so please enjoy!
The full zip of the vault is available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138962694
What do you think, folks?
(Next video coming in less than a month, right after EuroRust, and will be my version of my...
2025-09-15 17:44:21 +0000 UTC
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(What's this? Watch the video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138962289)
You'll have questions, ask away (after watching the video, of course!), and I'll answer everything in the comments here, and update the vault for when we find mistakes!
2025-09-15 17:43:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, thank you so much for the positive feedback on the new Scholarship Mentoring tier - 4 people have signed up already, and I'm extremely pleased with how it's going! (you may read my original announcement here)
After more thought, I have done what a few people suggested, and split the tier in two. The two new tiers are: Mentoring (Scholarship) and Mentorin...
2025-08-09 10:04:42 +0000 UTC
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[Note the updated two tiers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scholarship-new-136080716 ]
Folks, I've been waiting to be able to do this for a long time. Thanks to the growing support of my patrons, I'm now in the position where I can open up a limited number of scholarship mentoring slots; A deeply discounted tier that is otherwise identical to the full-price Mentoring tier. (Please see here fo...
2025-07-26 08:52:18 +0000 UTC
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Folks, I have huge news, and I'd like to run the announcement by you for a vibe check first. Here is the draft description of the new Scholarship Mentoring tier on my Patreon, which is $50/mo:
I am now in the wonderful position where all my bills are all paid by my lovely patrons, and can afford to give back to the community.
This greatly discounted mentoring tier is open to:
I've been playing with the new 'Bases' feature which will drop in the next version of Obsidian (1.9), and is currently in beta for Catalyst supporter users. IT'S GREAT!
TLDR, it's databases for Obsidian, using note properties for column names. If you've used the venerable Projects plugin or the newer DB Folder plugin, it can replace both, and because it's native it's faster than both.
Bases immediately replaced my project management dataview, project, and db folders, for example:<...
2025-07-24 09:58:36 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks!
I have explained the joy of rust at length on my channel, HOWEVER, some of what I have mentioned breaks down when interacting with async rust.
Though the compiler is getting more and more helpful with each iteration, async is still a sharp edge, especially for newcomers.
But you don't have to use it.
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Hope you like the video, I learned a lot about the plumbing of the rust's async system and threads while making it. I'd love to know your thou...
2025-07-08 20:02:29 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, I'm looking forward to the first NB Patreon livestream tonight at 8pm London time! (3pm EST, 12pm PST, and, I guess 1748199600, unix time!)
There's still time to subscribe to any Patreon tier to get access, if you'd like!
Make sure your Patreon account is linked to your discord account to give you permission to the #nb-stage channel. How to do this is here:
2025-05-25 11:33:05 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, I'm trying something new after I publish this week's 'Oxidised' video: I am going to livestream a Q&A session on my Discord this Sunday the 25th of May at 8pm London time.
Everyone who supports me on Patreon, at any level, is invited!
We could chat about programming, Rust vs other languages (I'd certainly love to learn more there!), or how things are going for me on YouTube, podcasting, or making music. Maybe even how things went at RustWeek20...
2025-05-22 16:08:04 +0000 UTC
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It's been a little over 2 years since my last Oxidise your Command Line video, and so it's about time for an update!
Today I have 30 rust-powered command line tools to show you that have replaced and extended my old standards, in addition to a few non-standard ones that I didn't know I needed.
Eagle-eyed patrons will have noticed this is a greatly expanded (3x length) version of 2025-05-20 19:49:18 +0000 UTC
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I'll be at RustWeek 2025 Anyone going?
2025-05-12 07:26:11 +0000 UTC
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Over the years of tweaking my writing environment, I have noticed a subtle change: Every improvement to my writing systems improves my ability to think and reason about my work and my life.
Looking into the psychology, it's actually quite simple: Writing is thinking.
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I finally did my Vim video! Hope you like it, folks!
Let me link you to the vim modes and plugins I spend my day inside:
Hi folks, It's been a bit over 2 years since my Oxidise your Command Line video, and as people ask for updates now and then, I thought I'd finally make a post.
(Video coming very soon, hopefully before RustWeek 2025, which I'm attending next week!)
This patron-only update is to thank you for supporting me! :-)
Standard Tools
The tools I've replaced with modern oxidised versions
2025-05-08 11:35:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, I've been asked what I'm using, and I thought it would be a useful starting point for conversation here.
I highly curate my plugins, just 'cause there are loads doesn't mean they're low quality. I remove plugins that aren't useful.
This is a Patreon-exclusive overview to thank you all for signing up and supporting me, I couldn't do this without you! <3
[the names are as they appear in the plugins.json file, you'll be able to google them I'm sure,...
2025-04-02 20:50:16 +0000 UTC
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Apple is now charging 30% extra for all Patreon subscriptions made using the iOS app on iPhone (and perhaps through the app store on OSX).
The simple way around this is to log in to the Patreon website and subscribe there, you can still use the Patreon app on your phone.
Sorry, folks!
2025-03-12 11:48:55 +0000 UTC
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I was wrong
about binding multiple commands to a single hotkey, not only does this not work, it's non-deterministic and only SOMETIMES doesn't work, which fooled me!
I have tweaked the post to be about the method that DOES work, using the Commander plugin. My apologies for the error, and thanks so much to Sam R for pointing this out to me!
Hi friends, a quick (corrected) Obsidian tip for you.
As you CAN'T bin...
2025-03-11 12:59:45 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, I've got a VERY early video draft for you, and I wonder what you think of this new slide format.
While the script and audio of the video is the same as my usual, I'm trying out a new markdown presentation framework called Presenterm.
This is a VERY rough cut, the fonts are inconsistent and there's a bunch of polish I'd like to give, but there's more than enough here for you to judge, I think.
2025-03-09 21:19:23 +0000 UTC
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OPEN THE ATTACHED MARKDOWN FILES IN YOUR OBSIDIAN TO READ THIS PROPERLY. Patreon can't handle the power of my formatting, especially for code.
There are two attached markdown files, one is the source of the post you're reading now but with code blocks rendered, the other is an overview of my hybrid GTD/Zettelkasten system, which you can use as context for the templates and dashboards in this post.
Also, please check out the attached screenshots, demoing a daily note an...
2025-02-07 13:46:09 +0000 UTC
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(Follow-up explanation post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121717698 )
Hi folks, here's a Patron-only demo vault showing how I recommend structuring your vault, with a single project, with multiple parts (linked using the `up` and `prev` named links)
Two plugins are set up and configured:
I'd be very pleased to answer questions ab...
2025-02-02 21:07:59 +0000 UTC
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(Follow-up explanation post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121717698 )
Like many of us, I suffer from a sickness.
I don't know what it's called, but left to my natural inclinations, I seem to spend all my time sharpening my metaphorical axes instead of using them. Not only do I end the day without cutting down any trees, but if this continues, I will have ground my axes down to nothing.
Th...
2025-02-01 21:31:27 +0000 UTC
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(Follow-up explanation post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121717698 )
Like many of us, I suffer from a sickness.
I don't know what it's called, but left to my natural inclinations, I seem to spend all my time sharpening my metaphorical axes instead of using them. Not only do I end the day without cutting down any trees, but if this continues, I will have ground my axes down to nothing.
2025-01-31 22:08:02 +0000 UTC
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OK, so it's not a HUGE change, but hear me out, here's the old one:
And new:
I freakin' love it, and have pushed it across my other projects. At the VERY least, it's brighter!
Some history: When I first started my channel, I had to put a logo up on it, so I re-coloured my trihexmoon s...
2025-01-17 14:05:59 +0000 UTC
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How long is it going to take until AI is useful, and why is everyone raving about this extremely mid tech? Here's my theory!
(NOW WITH A 50% BETTER SCRIPT!)
Here's the public video that is going live in a few hours. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback both here and on discord (shout out to @laund for telling me to stfu & believe in myself). I am now much happier with both the details and balance of this video.
I'm 18k words int...
2024-12-06 11:27:10 +0000 UTC
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How long is it going to take until AI is useful, and why is everyone raving about this extremely mid tech?
Here's my theory!
(PR for comments/corrections here: https://github.com/0atman/noboilerplate/pull/77)
Thank you all so much for supporting me, I hope you enjoy this shorter video. I'm still working on my deep-dive 'second brain' Obsidian video, an extremely advanced look at my whole ec...
2024-11-28 16:06:43 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, I finally have a definitive take on AI. Can't wait to show you the video, the script is recorded, and I'll be producing the Patreon early video tomorrow lunchtimeish uk time, so it'll likely be with my US friends for breakfast!
It's so good to finally be coming out the other side of RSI, I can't believe it. Thanks so much for sticking with me,
Tris
2024-11-27 20:11:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi friends!
A half-exclusive video today, this is 2x as long as the eventual public video. Thank you for your support, I hope it's interesting!
In today's video, I'm going to tell you about my whole creative process: From the hardware to the software, and even a little about how I got here, as it explains why and how I'm doing all this in the first place, and allows me to make some recommendations.
The forthcoming video ("Obsidian: The Good Parts") is no...
2024-09-27 13:03:59 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, Tris here, with an exclusive preview of my first non-fiction podcast, Decapsulate. (Extremely WIP website here: https://decapsulate.com/ - I'm working on it for the public release!)
In this monthly-ish show, I'll be speaking with my friend Robin about topics that hopefully you'll be interested in such as:
