“I find the restrictions around columns easily one of the most frustrating things about Notion. I'm trying to create my Task Dashboard but I can't do what I want to do because of the columns.”
“Obsidian and Notion are different classes of products, with different use cases that they serve. It sounds like you are trying to do the whole square peg in round hole.”
“and unfortunately I'm too sucked in to Notion to switch to Todoist, but I've replicated it's interface and functionalities onto my notion task system 😅 - so I'm wondering if anybody's out there building a similar thing?”
“I kept running into this problem, and my solution was to use entirely separate software to write in - but one that has integration with notion so that there can be a database link to the scene, chapter, thread, etc.”
“I'm trying to rebuild my Notion again after a gap of two years, (used it briefly for a few months back in 2023) due to being recently unemployed and applying for roles.”
“Because of that, I'm not into the aspect of "taking random notes" that Obsidian excels at, but I am considering a hibrid approach, just to get all of the logs, or more in-depth knowledge for a certain project in Obsidian.”
“It’s not as wysiwyg and drag and drop as Notion (though some plugins can make it like this) — it’s local and can be made to work on your wifi with syncthing. But it does have a learning curve.”
“Still love Obsidian more than Notion. I use notion at work with my clients as the collaboration feature is great for that. But for note taking, hard to beat the simplicity of Obsidian, because yes, at its core, it is simple, but you can make it as complicated as you need/want.”
“Obsidian is by far one of the best learning tools out there, I get if all you’re doing is managing shopping lists then obsidian isn’t for you, but it does so much more than notion, it’s got better relationships between the notes, it’s visually pleasing and if you are any good at your backlinks, the whole thing trumps all competitors.”
“Can literally be achieved in Notion in 30 seconds. What you're looking for is not a software problem. It's a you problem. Just open a blank page in the app that you like.”
“They DO NOT CARE ABOUT PAGE BACKLINKS or MENTIONS so you can forget about writing a fluid graph of notes. All this talk about ‘AI native’ and they miss the linked structure of a graph behind the scenes systemwide. It’s a great app but vector search can only take you so far.”
“Its super fast compared to Notion, and due to all the files being markdown and local, you can have a copy of it on a usb drive, or on a secure cloud, or anywhere, that data is completely yours and away from prying eyes on the internet”
“Next I have Notion agents review all the content in this inbox and give them each a job as to where what type of content should go and what they need to produce.”
“Where Obsidian excels, and differentiates from Notion, is my ability to see the folder structure on my machine without having to open various files individually. Since Notion is good with linking to external resources (e.g.”
“if you want a dashboard to loop pretty then markdown files is not the best option for you, it is very limiting with how you can position things around, so notion makes more sense for that.”
“Agree with all that Loop isn’t even close to Notion and lately I can’t even get simple loop tables to stay alive so we are moving away from it for even the simplest things.”
“The place you draft in has affordances, and if a database is one of them you'll spend the attention deciding where a thought goes instead of just having it. I've the same problem with design files – open the one that already has the layer structure in it and I start tidying instead of drawing.”
“To me its the context switching of brain and let the writing be unorganised. No tables. no databases. no automation. just write. words and maybe connected pages inside.”
“Works, but Notion's kanban gets sluggish once a board grows, worth knowing before you fully migrate. I ended up keeping boards on Teamhood instead and using Notion just for docs.”
“The organizational side is genuinely excellent. Research databases, project tracking, reference pages, reading lists. Built systems in Notion that work better than anything I had before and would not go back to how I managed that side of things previously.”
“Notion's database system. Relations, rollups, formulas and multiple views allow one set of information to become a project board, calendar, dashboard or task list. Loop tables may look similar, but they are not equivalent to relational Notion databases.”
“It was originally marketed as Microsoft's answer for Notion but then by the time it rolled out, it was practically unusable for anything besides middle managers. It all hinges on the "loop components" which is basically glorified sticky notes that connect across all Office programs but they're so clunky but because of it, there's no offline features.”
“Why can't I see any of my custom Notion AI Skills when I highlight text on a page? I'm trying to use the inline editor menu to run them (like a proofreader or an action item generator), but they just don't appear in the list.”
“I use notion for 80% of things and clients. Trello I kept for one client who has an abundance of small tasks that all need their own card and space, they would clutter notion too much”
“ChatGPT has a Notion connector built in. Give ChatGPT a list of your games, tell it to connect to your Notion, explain your goal, and ChatGPT will create a Notion page for you and give you any necessary specific instructions.”
“Gemini said Notion is the best one but I’m having a hard time trying to figure it out, has anyone on here done anything like this. I have so many it’s hard to keep track.”
“Obsidian is great for note taking, Notion runs my project tracking setup where I can keep track of what I work for, for whom, which tasks, and how long etc, along with logging bugs for each project. Obsidian can kinda sorta do that, but it all runs through plugins and just somehow feels.. messier to me.”