Building my second brain and becoming 10x productive as a software engineer

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  • Опубліковано 26 січ 2025

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  • @sarveshhiwase193
    @sarveshhiwase193 Рік тому +52

    A small demo of Obsidian would be much more helpful like how you exactly use it.

  • @manthanguptaa
    @manthanguptaa Рік тому +17

    Perfect timing just when I started dumping things on obsidian

  • @deeppatel8276
    @deeppatel8276 2 місяці тому +1

    Great Video Arpit, I do the similar thing with Notion, Obsidian is great as well. You are right Notion's loading is pain in the ass. what I generally do is to create a something like hashmap in mind. Instead of remembering everything I just remember and understand key thing/concept and where to find that on internet. makes my mind much more free.

  • @AkhilDad
    @AkhilDad Рік тому +7

    Quite interesting and as a developer it would be a moment of proud for you to achieve this, Do you use Obsidian for your TODOs as well, also do you use it on mobile too?

  • @muleyshubham
    @muleyshubham Рік тому +10

    Just awesome! I used to write in GNotes & it's hell slow. Today, this has blown my mind. Thanks Arpit! Waiting for how you read papers & structure you follow in obsidian ❤️
    Giving all of these things a try!

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +5

      On it. That would be the next one in the productivity series

    • @muleyshubham
      @muleyshubham Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering Superb!

  • @ashutoshkumar4565
    @ashutoshkumar4565 Рік тому +3

    I use notepad and simple paper-pen and I write way too much and I do want some features with my notes but maybe sometime later. Saved the video for revisiting again. Please make videos as mentioned at 15:03

  • @the_humble_lazy
    @the_humble_lazy Рік тому +2

    Thanks a lot for starting to share your productivity hacks with us Arpit

  • @abdullasuhail6070
    @abdullasuhail6070 Рік тому +3

    Arpit - Can you give tips on how to read long architecture documents or feature documents in software engineering which helps in understanding them quickly.
    How do you go ahead with this in your day to day life ?

  • @praoon1
    @praoon1 9 місяців тому +3

    Obsidian + Excalidraw complemented with Goodnotes is all one needs!

    • @eriklarson6362
      @eriklarson6362 5 місяців тому

      any YT vids on how to set this up?

  • @MicroRishi
    @MicroRishi Рік тому +3

    Love the video! Just what I wanted

  • @SaketAnandPage
    @SaketAnandPage Рік тому +2

    Could you please share the Script to export and save?

  • @ashleymavericks
    @ashleymavericks Рік тому +6

    Really insightful, though I'm still using Notion for all my notes mostly due to easy image embeds and some API automations I have created along with it.
    Exploring obsidian these days, btw would love to know more about your obsidian structure. Waiting for that one.

  • @sabujmaity5427
    @sabujmaity5427 Рік тому +1

    Thanks Arpit Sir, learnt a new thing. It's an amazing tool, need more awareness things. Please keep letting us know these cool things.

  • @yashkanwar308
    @yashkanwar308 5 місяців тому

    Please show us your Obsidian setup

  • @hemanthsavasere934
    @hemanthsavasere934 Рік тому +1

    Hi Arpit, can you also please make a video on how do you keep track of your tasks

  • @anantakesharipanda4085
    @anantakesharipanda4085 10 днів тому

    What happens when your computer’s drive gets corrupted? Having stuff in the cloud would help you a lot. Notion takes that load off of you.

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  10 днів тому +1

      Obsidian also has a sync.

    • @anantakesharipanda4085
      @anantakesharipanda4085 10 днів тому

      @ since it’s just .md files under the hood, I loved the fact that you mentioned towards the end that you just linked it to a github private repo. And then a linux cli tool like *”entr”* can just keep committing and pushing it periodically in the background when your computer is on.
      I was thinking more of the usecase of a non-technical person, or someone who’s a student at high school or college. Notion’s pro plan is free for students (So is GitHub’s pro plan too😅). But it all comes down personal choice, for what feels less complex to maintain and work with at the end of the day, don’t you think?
      I’ve have had friends in Electrical and Mechanical engineering, who were like, “We would rather pay some money for a license and use MS office for writing docs and, One Note for notes with One-drive integration, rather than figuring out and setting up a similar work flow with open-source tools.”

  • @harshpatel105
    @harshpatel105 Рік тому +2

    Good going Arpit. What's that "h." app?
    Edit: NVM. Did google image reverse search of screenshot. Hypothesis app for annotation.

  • @NitinKumar-gv4hs
    @NitinKumar-gv4hs Рік тому +1

    Arpit, this is awesome, had been struggling with the same thing , thanks for this 💛

  • @yinyang1773
    @yinyang1773 Рік тому +1

    I'm getting started with this. So can you provide list of plugins you are using with Obsidian? Also make video on how you use obsedian, like which features you use frequently and how do you connect your thpughts using it?

  • @ShivamSharma-sg7dk
    @ShivamSharma-sg7dk Рік тому +1

    Great video Arpit. However, could you also show how you are organising the notes. I am always confused when to use tags and when to use backlinks in Obsidian as I am just starting out.

  • @kurrucharan9376
    @kurrucharan9376 Рік тому +1

    Great. I would like to try this.❤

  • @faruzzy
    @faruzzy Місяць тому

    Is that your hand writing or it's been optimized by the app? Thanks for sharing!

  • @surajkewat1253
    @surajkewat1253 26 днів тому

    Hey Arpit , what about the drawing and sketches from goodnotes they won't be there in obsidian only the extracted text will be there

  • @SaketAnandPage
    @SaketAnandPage Рік тому +1

    How do you record your ipad screen, video and the voice together?
    If I project my ipad on the mac, it won’t let me record screen. Please guide

  • @SaketAnandPage
    @SaketAnandPage Рік тому +1

    Which pen choice are you using in goodnotes for this sparkle effect?

  • @kkartik7
    @kkartik7 16 днів тому

    bro roasted notion like no one else

  • @avradeep
    @avradeep Рік тому +1

    Obsidian is extremely buggy. I moved back to notion. I just want an app which works nth time I load it.

  • @mayanksharma1729
    @mayanksharma1729 Рік тому +1

    Just recently purchased the book on Second Brain, excited to hear about the same from you😅

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +8

      Not as good as Tiago or Ali, but I have built my own little system that helps me be highly productive. plus this is the first time I am doing a video like this, hoping you find it helpful.

    • @mayanksharma1729
      @mayanksharma1729 Рік тому +1

      @@AsliEngineering Definitely looking forward to it.😊

    • @thomaseni474
      @thomaseni474 Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering please can you help build Bitcoin flashing website

  • @-BarathKumarS
    @-BarathKumarS Рік тому

    Amazing video! Been relying on notebooks for so long and I'm thinking it's time to ditch em.

  • @swagatochatterjee7104
    @swagatochatterjee7104 Рік тому +1

    How do you export diagrams/annotations from those pdfs to obsidian?

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      I don't export diagrams just text using pdftotext

  • @sgroxatdgp
    @sgroxatdgp Рік тому +1

    Hello Sir..thanks for the video...the whole thing you explained is on PC right? what about when you read on mobile ? Do you have to open your PC to take note every time?

    • @parthapal333
      @parthapal333 20 днів тому

      Obsidian is also available as mobile app. I think if you put the vault in cloud folder like icloud or google drive then it automatically syncs with mobile

  • @PEqualsN.P
    @PEqualsN.P Рік тому +4

    I tried obsidian, 6 months back and with the lack of cross device sync, it didn’t work for me and ended up using Apple notes.
    I prefer having my notes synced both in my work laptop and personal laptop and iPad.

    • @geekySRM
      @geekySRM Рік тому +2

      Cross device sync is there. Look at syncthing.

  • @deepakparamesh8487
    @deepakparamesh8487 Рік тому +1

    This video is a high level design of "Aripit Bhaiyani note taking system"

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      Yeah. While editing I felt the exact same thing :)

  • @Jagrati
    @Jagrati 3 місяці тому

    in chrome/windows, I am having to manually (or using shortcut) activate hypothes-is on each tab, any solution? thanks

  • @classicaf
    @classicaf Рік тому

    Anytype is better, obsidian is not opensource

  • @liberatingtruthseeking5513
    @liberatingtruthseeking5513 Рік тому

    How do u compare to OneNotes ?

  • @gmmkeshav
    @gmmkeshav Рік тому

    What device and digital pen do you use?

  • @staybalancedn
    @staybalancedn Рік тому

    i use the toggle feature in notion a lot, if obsidian had that I'd give it a try

  • @HustlerCoder
    @HustlerCoder Рік тому

    one reason here to against of this tool. In principal we are using repository to save ourself to avoid unwanted circumstances of disk failure. I am listening that author is almost popping 100 times saving on local disk as an advantage. I believe I do have liberty of sharing my opinion. Please ignore if you don't like it

    • @AbhasMittal
      @AbhasMittal 6 місяців тому

      Keep data on your Dropbox auto sync, you shouldn’t have to worry about the risk of data on disk

  • @kartikrawat3610
    @kartikrawat3610 Рік тому

    I've been using notion for 2 years now and would like to try out obsidian. Just need to figure out a way to port my notes from notion to obsidian ;p.

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +2

      Just export the entire workspace as markdown and import. Pretty straightforward. Because Obsidian is just markdown files nothing fancy.

  • @exciteddude
    @exciteddude Рік тому

    Arpit how do you update this second brain with the information you get while working on business deliverables in office? Usually personal notes sync is not allowed in office laptop.

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому

      both are mutually exclusive, which means zero overlaps. persona stuff is not logged in on office machine, and vice versa. each has its own.

    • @exciteddude
      @exciteddude Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering That's where I am confused. There will be an overlap always. Being a software developer, you spend hours in your job delving in new technologies every now and then. You would want to keep that knowledge with you in your second brain across companies you work.
      Like you must have gained something while working in Amazon that might be useful now in Google and in future too. How did you manage to do that? Keep personal laptop open to interact with your second brain? Not efficient enough 🤔

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому

      @@exciteddude I don't manage that. That's an over optimization. Plus office work is under NDA, I should never copy or take that on a personal device, no matter what.
      Hence I keep them mutually exclusive.

  • @abhishekrawat2978
    @abhishekrawat2978 Рік тому

    This is very nice. Thanks for sharing Arpit. Please share which python package you are using to extract pdf content. I am looking for pdf data comparison.

  • @DAdnani
    @DAdnani Рік тому

    Looking forward to the research paper video 🙃

  • @charan775
    @charan775 Рік тому

    nitpick. why do you use dropbox? why not gdrive for everything?

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      Because that is what I have been using since 2011 so didn't find a need to switch. It just holds all the papers and free press books and thesis. GDrive contains other stuff as well but everything around learning all goes in Dropbox.

  • @anurag01a
    @anurag01a Рік тому

    Bro, Loved the video but I am not getting how to use Obsidian...it feels intimidating!
    though I have downloaded it but m clueless what to do...or how to get started

  • @manassharma9496
    @manassharma9496 Рік тому

    I did started obsidian for the same thing but I stuggle to make any notes 😂

  • @rajkumarvb2602
    @rajkumarvb2602 Рік тому

    Thanks a lot!

  • @muleyshubham
    @muleyshubham Рік тому

    Hey Arpit, will you be revealing how to built second brain just like you?

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      I will be talking about the flow of information from various tools I use into Obsidian.

    • @harshpatel105
      @harshpatel105 Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering Please provide some vault name suggestions as well haha. I just downloaded obsidian and after thinking hard I named my vault "vault"!

  • @Chowmeinchor
    @Chowmeinchor Рік тому

    I use one note, works well for me

  • @anupampandey3758
    @anupampandey3758 10 місяців тому

    Thanks!!

  • @charan775
    @charan775 Рік тому

    does hypothesis store data locally?

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому

      No. That's stored on Hypothesis's servers.

    • @charan775
      @charan775 Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering wow. and they offer it for free 🤔

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      @@charan775 Yes. it is free as of now.

  • @meditationdanny701
    @meditationdanny701 Рік тому

    Hey arpit is there any chance that we can get a copy (fork) of your second brain ; }

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      Hahaha. No. Too precious 💎

    • @charan775
      @charan775 Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering you should maybe try to sell it xD?

  • @siddhantprakash.
    @siddhantprakash. Рік тому +1

    At 2:33 , Java be like : Mujhe kyun toda 😂

  • @akshaychavan2019
    @akshaychavan2019 Рік тому

    Hi Arpit may i know how make such videos i m planning to extend my Yt channel

  • @mrbuddhu
    @mrbuddhu Рік тому

    Insightful :)

  • @Enjoyablewalks
    @Enjoyablewalks Рік тому

    Interesting everyone is promoting Obsidian.. every productivity blogger seems to attach themselves to obsidian.. not sure channels get paid for promoting certain products

  • @thomaseni474
    @thomaseni474 Рік тому

    Look I need bitcoin flashing website can you help me build that’

  • @MuchlisNopq
    @MuchlisNopq Рік тому

    What tools do you use to draw diagrams and scribble on the screen?

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому

      GoodNotes on my iPad

    • @pranjalmishra2602
      @pranjalmishra2602 Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering pen tablet link pls? : )

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      @@pranjalmishra2602 I use iPad and this is the exact one I use. You can go for air because pro might be an overkill.
      amzn.to/3S9JBJ8

    • @pranjalmishra2602
      @pranjalmishra2602 Рік тому

      Thanks Arpit!
      Ab paise bhi bhej do sir :P
      Jk jk

    • @somnathroy102
      @somnathroy102 Рік тому

      @@pranjalmishra2602 you can get the 29k ipad

  • @harrypottah9862
    @harrypottah9862 Рік тому

    Do you recommend the paid version of obsidian

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      I have never used the paid version because I don't need cross device access.

  • @sassydesi7913
    @sassydesi7913 Рік тому +1

    This How-to set of videos around peak productivity while consuming content is really going to be interesting. Thanks for sharing.
    We have a small request. We would like to know your recording setup for most videos where you are talking and using GoodNotes in presentation mode. I'd like to do something like this in meetings n such. Please share your hardware+software setup in detail for the same :)

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +1

      recording setup is minimal. I record on OBS on my Windows machine. Camera is my phone, and Mic is Boya. Recently switched to BlueYeti.

    • @sassydesi7913
      @sassydesi7913 Рік тому

      @@AsliEngineering Thank you. How do you feed iPad GoodNotes screen to OBS? Through screen-mirroring or using some sort of cable?

  • @the_yugandharr
    @the_yugandharr 15 днів тому

    Oh my god bro that is the trendiest clickbaity title in the productivity space. No "perfect system" is going to make you productive people, it is merely a tool, for convenience that's all. This world is a sell out man :(

  • @phaneendhraajaythota1025
    @phaneendhraajaythota1025 19 днів тому

    I use Notepad.

  • @amansaxena4446
    @amansaxena4446 Рік тому

    ab Dimaag me bhi system design lagana padega kya? indexing krlo cheeze yaad rahegi humesha 🤣

  • @rjarora
    @rjarora Рік тому

    Just wondering, why this suspense? To gather more audience?

    • @cowabunga2597
      @cowabunga2597 Рік тому

      It's obsidian. A note taking app.

    • @AsliEngineering
      @AsliEngineering  Рік тому +4

      Not really. More about predictability. That video drops every Sunday.

  • @snehanshuphukon728
    @snehanshuphukon728 8 місяців тому

    "second brain" is a cringe idea

  • @VY-zt3ph
    @VY-zt3ph 6 місяців тому

    Instantly downloaded. Hehehe