--- title: Top 2 Reasons Why I Moved From Notion to Obsidian as a... description: VIM-based text editors are always my top choice for daily coding work and tech writing work. I personally hate the moments when the draft notes cannot be saved... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/top-2-reasons-why-i-moved-from-notion-to-obsidian-as-a-software-developer-hof3ej71c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Top 2 Reasons Why I Moved From Notion to Obsidian as a Software Developer | daily.dev og:description: VIM-based text editors are always my top choice for daily coding work and tech writing work. I personally hate the moments when the draft notes cannot be saved... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/top-2-reasons-why-i-moved-from-notion-to-obsidian-as-a-software-developer-hof3ej71c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hoF3Ej71C.png og:image:alt: Top 2 Reasons Why I Moved From Notion to Obsidian as a Software Developer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Top 2 Reasons Why I Moved From Notion to Obsidian as a Software Developer **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · 5 min read · 278 upvotes · 32 comments ## Summary VIM-based text editors are always my top choice for daily coding work and tech writing work. I personally hate the moments when the draft notes cannot be saved because of the network issue which happens a lot when using Notion as note taking app. The most intuitive approach is to type down everything I need without leaving the keyboard. The right tool makes it much more interesting and enjoyable. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@xyassini** · 13 upvotes > I was already on the verge of switching to Obsidian as well, but I didn't know it has Vim support!! I'll definitely switch to Obsidian now! Also great write up! **@terenaa** · 4 upvotes > I don't like both apps. Notion is overwhelming in my opinion. It is not just note taking app, but a huge system. Obsidian is quite ugly and I dropped it after few months. Testing Bear now. **@obaid242** · 2 upvotes > Notion is just hella slow and Obsidian has awesome Graph connectivity which practically mimics how we learn and store information in our brains anyway. It's a no-brainer (no pun intended) hehe **@rakibuli10** · 2 upvotes > I searched on Google previously best note taking app for CSE student. I got many app suggestion like OneNote, Notion, Obsidian.... I was confused which one is the best. Now, I will use Obsidian for it and Thanks for you advice. I will start studying CSE from this month. **@howarddo2208** · 2 upvotes > you can try [logseq](https://logseq.com/) too, I find it's really good with the block approach, also it is opensource. The mobile app is in beta right now and you can sync it with [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) or however you like ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#markdown](https://daily.dev/tags/markdown), [#notion](https://daily.dev/tags/notion), [#vim](https://daily.dev/tags/vim) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/top-2-reasons-why-i-moved-from-notion-to-obsidian-as-a-software-developer-hof3ej71c) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Top 2 Reasons Why I Moved From Notion to Obsidian as a Software Developer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-2-reasons-why-i-moved-from-notion-to-obsidian-as-a-software-developer-hof3ej71c","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-2-reasons-why-i-moved-from-notion-to-obsidian-as-a-software-developer-hof3ej71c"},"datePublished":"2022-10-20T15:46:21.171Z","dateModified":"2024-01-27T02:18:38.183Z","description":"VIM-based text editors are always my top choice for daily coding work and tech writing work. 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