Published May 8, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows systems and networking, especially in mixed environments where things don't always behave the way the documentation says they should. Writing things down is how he makes sense of it all and hopefully saves someone else a few hours. Everyone learns at some point that your data shouldn't be tied to any specific app or service. Apps can come and go, or they can completely change over the years, and users may wish to migrate to something else. Once you find yourself in this situation, you realize the pitfall of tethering your data to a particular application. That's why I like Obsidian.…