🌲 Obsidian is my Thinking Environment not my Second Brain

Obsidian is modeled on integrated development environments like Visual Studio Code, not neuroscience, and I prefer it that way.

Obsidian's tagline is "A second brain, for you, forever," but being honest, I don't really like the metaphor of my notes app as a "second brain." My gut? Sure, I understand why Gershon would call my gut a second brain, he's writing about nervous disorders of the stomach. But honestly, I don't even like to think of my computer as a "second brain," and ar…