Syncthing

There are two kinds of note-takers: those who trust their precious thoughts to the cloud (hello Notion/Google Drive/OneNote people), and those who stare into the abyss and think: “what if I built my own infrastructure for this?” I belong to the second group. Here’s how I turned Syncthing + Obsidian + a webserver into a note-syncing, backup-happy, cloud-replacing monster. The Core Idea Server: a VPS that acts as my “Syncthing master” Clients: Linux, Windows, and Android devices, all happily syncing to the server. Vault: Obsidian notes live in a single folder. That folder is the source of truth. The magic is in Syncthing: every device talks to the server, syncing notes bi-directionally. That means I can edit notes anywhere (on my phone while commuting, at my desktop during coding sessions, or on my laptop while pretending to relax on the couch). Within seconds, the changes ripple across all devices. ...

The VPS is working great, but the project is still ongoing. The applications running on that server change over time. Introduction Self-hosting has become an excellent way to gain hands-on experience with server administration, DevOps tooling, and modern deployment platforms. My goal was to provision a virtual private server (VPS), secure it properly, and use it as a small but flexible platform for deploying backend components that support my app development workflow. ...

Obsidian is a great tool for collecting ideas. I use it mainly for the following reasons: Research Collecting information Saving some spontaneous ideas Depending on my actual situation I prefer to use my laptop or my phone. To always have access to my vaults, regardless of the device I am using, I need to sync the data between my devices. For that purpose Obsidian provides the Sync Plugin. But for this plugin they charge you 4$ a month, which I don’t want to spend, if there is another option. ...