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Bryan
@bryanhogan.com
📍 Osaka | Start-up & Freelancer
⚙️ Building DailySelfTrack.com app.
💭 Learning Korean: @tolearnkorean.com
✍️ Productivity, sustainable self-growth, life abroad and building on the modern web + monthly mails + projects ➡️ https://BryanHogan.com/
Posting this because on Reddit people liked my comment.
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Obsidian or Notion?

Both are powerful, but fit into different needs.

#Obsidian is better if you value owning your data, offline functionality and deep customization. #Notion fits better if you need online collaboration, getting started quickly and its Database features.
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Updated my /now page!

It's about what I'm doing now, which is:
- Working holiday in Japan, working at a hostel
- Working as a freelancer building a web app
- Building my app DailySelfTrack

Read all here: bryanhogan.com/now

#buildinpublic #webdev
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
4,000€. One-way. No return date. I’m betting on myself, traveling, learning, and building a digital business along the way.

#travel #buildinpublic #nomad
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From Busan to Fukuoka by ferry 🛳
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How this looks in practice!
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One of my favorite ChatGPT instructions / projects I use for learning and improving my Korean.

Often words are just combinations of other words or concepts. By understanding these building blocks, I can learn new words much faster and also better remember existing ones.
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Redesigned the landing page for my DailySelfTrack app project today.

What do you think?

(How many times better is the new design compared to the old one? 👀) Built with @astro.build btw!

1️⃣ Old one
2️⃣ New one
October 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
CSS related pages of my front-end guide so far include:
- Writing your CSS reset
- Using CSS variables
- Utility classes
- Styling markdown

All using plain #CSS.

Link: webdev.bryanhogan.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Removed the gradient background and using a flat color instead. Fixed vertical alignment on the next / prev buttons. Could make the tags into buttons with the same style as the optional social media references.
Unsure what else could be done now.

Current live version: bryanhogan.com/blog/obsidia...
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Looks like this..?
September 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Rebuilt the end-of-post section for my blog. Took much longer than I expected. Tried AI tools like Copilot and Claude Code, which are definitely helpful, but still decided to rewrite the HTML & CSS from scratch since anything generated was messy.

Any ideas on how to improve the design?
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Funny contrast between post #1 and #2 on HackerNews today

#obsidian @obsidian.md
#notion @notion.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to run on Windows locally, no docker required. Could just install and run it, getting the API credentials took a bit but also not long.

Now I could send this to me by e-mail, Telegram message, add to a Notion database, further process, or do whatever.
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Just got into #n8n and it's amazing how much one could do with it. (It allows you to create automations between different tools).

Just finished the example that takes a chat interface, ChatGPT and Google Calendar integration to tell you about upcoming events :) #ai
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Happy to see my blog post included on Astro's monthly update! @astro.build

Using my favorite "note-taking" tool ( @obsidian.md ) with my favorite framework (Astro) is great and I can highly recommend this workflow 💯
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Always wondering if it's even worth posting on #BlueSky. It's like a black hole for anything I put on here.

I don't want to stick to posting only one keyword either, but the algorithm isn't doing me any favors.

Slightly educational or "productivity" content does much better elsewhere for me.
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Today's learnings using #Obsidian:

Bases are very useful:
- They can be used within a note
- It's possible to set a limit on how many results are shown
- Can display amount of backlinks using a formula, which is just file.backlinks.length
- Can sort based on amount of backlinks
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Have been using #Obsidian for a lot of stuff.

And now Obsidian #Bases is finally out! My experience so far has been great. It can definitely replace the "Projects" plugin for me, maybe the "Dataview" plugin as well? Hope it can rival Notion Databases in the future, e.g. by adding a Kanban view.
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Can #Obsidian replace Word or LaTeX for a #thesis? I tried, but how far can Markdown + the Longform plugin + Zotero take you?

Published as a new post on my blog :)
June 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
More progress on my self-tracking app.

Starting pop-up that explains what this app even is. Building with SvelteKit & Capacitor has been great so far.

Will have to do MVP user testing in the next 2 days, then analyze my findings and finish up my bachelor thesis until the end of this week.
April 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Streak counter added.

Working on my habit tracker / journaling / health logging app. Need to get it into a MVP state until end of this week, then do user testing, and then finish up my bachelor thesis on it.
April 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Built a timer tool for myself to focus better. Helps me with time-boxing.

Added some smaller improvements today.
April 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Made a gaming backlog in Obsidian and updated my post on how to do this as well.

You can use this to make collection for any type of content, I also use it for books.
March 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Not sure which one to pick.

What do you think, A or B?
March 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM