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I ditched my database app after Obsidian added one feature, and I'm not paying for separate tools anymore

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Obsidian's new Bases feature turns markdown notes into a structured database view, allowing users to filter, sort, and group notes by metadata without leaving the app. The author replaced a separate paid database app with Bases after finding it covered all their practical needs — project tracking, article ideas, and reading lists — while keeping all data in plain markdown files. The key advantages are a single source of truth, no proprietary lock-in, automatic sync between notes and views, and elimination of the overhead of maintaining two separate systems.

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Jun 30•5m read time•From xda-developers.com
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Bases feels like spreadsheets built on top of markdownThe biggest advantage is that nothing lives outside my notesI stopped maintaining two different systemsIt is more than just a databases
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