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Earlier this year I wrote about prompt engineering — how to talk to AI better. I thought that was the main thing.

Since then my understanding has shifted. Context engineering — everything you give the model — matters more than the prompt itself.

My Zettelkasten in Obsidian is becoming key to this. The knowledge is there. Now it's about using it well with AI.

Post: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/context-engineering-vs-prompt-engineering/

#PKM #Zettelkasten #Obsidian #AI #KnowledgeManagement

Tip of the day: Smart groups are a good way to view items matching specific criteria, like all the flagged #PDFs in your #DEVONthink database. While it’s easy enough to make a smart group, if you find yourself doing the same search over and over, you can use it to create a smart group in a few clicks. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240102-reuse-search-devonthink-smartgroup

I recently had the opportunity to talk to at Francois Lavalee's Educated Guest community on the subject of what the enlightenment can teach us about trust in knowledge today . I've placed my notes here and pleased that one of the references about #pkm used was in the meeting @harold https://substack.com/home/post/p-197461180 I was limited in time to 15 minutes otherwise I would have expanded more but hopefully this is a good starting point

When did it click for you that prompt engineering wasn't the whole picture?

For me, it happened gradually. I noticed Claude was giving me more personalised responses over time — not because my prompts got better, but because it had more context about me and how I work.

That shift from "what should I say?" to "what does the model need to know?" changes everything.

What's your experience been? https://www.ctnet.co.uk/context-engineering-vs-prompt-engineering/

#PKM #AI #KnowledgeManagement #LLM

@sergio_101 Lately I've fallen into the #PKM trap of "everything must be in #Obsidian always". Which is to say, for me there's a real mixture of things I write and forget about, things I write and keep coming back to, and a huge amount that gets into the vault and I literally never interact with. I probably need to rethink some things...

@sergio_101 Lately I've fallen into the #PKM trap of "everything must be in #Obsidian always". Which is to say, for me there's a real mixture of things I write and forget about, things I write and keep coming back to, and a huge amount that gets into the vault and I literally never interact with. I probably need to rethink some things...

@sergio_101 Lately I've fallen into the #PKM trap of "everything must be in #Obsidian always". Which is to say, for me there's a real mixture of things I write and forget about, things I write and keep coming back to, and a huge amount that gets into the vault and I literally never interact with. I probably need to rethink some things...

@sergio_101 Lately I've fallen into the #PKM trap of "everything must be in #Obsidian always". Which is to say, for me there's a real mixture of things I write and forget about, things I write and keep coming back to, and a huge amount that gets into the vault and I literally never interact with. I probably need to rethink some things...

@sergio_101 Lately I've fallen into the #PKM trap of "everything must be in #Obsidian always". Which is to say, for me there's a real mixture of things I write and forget about, things I write and keep coming back to, and a huge amount that gets into the vault and I literally never interact with. I probably need to rethink some things...

Tip of the day: At some point, you have probably worked on a text and created a duplicate to save its current state. For this purpose, #DEVONthink offers document versioning. This is a backup mechanism that automatically creates versions of your document when you make edits. Here is a quick introduction to this useful feature. #backups #notetaking #pkm #productivity #safety #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250603-versioning-in-devonthink

#Productivity #Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

I tend to just write them. I use my notes as a space for thinking and exploring. Once a task is done, I kinda move on and forget about it.

There are times when I document things I need to find later, so I spend time making them discoverable.

#Productivity #Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

I tend to just write them. I use my notes as a space for thinking and exploring. Once a task is done, I kinda move on and forget about it.

There are times when I document things I need to find later, so I spend time making them discoverable.

#Productivity #Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

I tend to just write them. I use my notes as a space for thinking and exploring. Once a task is done, I kinda move on and forget about it.

There are times when I document things I need to find later, so I spend time making them discoverable.

#Productivity #Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

I tend to just write them. I use my notes as a space for thinking and exploring. Once a task is done, I kinda move on and forget about it.

There are times when I document things I need to find later, so I spend time making them discoverable.

#Productivity #Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

I tend to just write them. I use my notes as a space for thinking and exploring. Once a task is done, I kinda move on and forget about it.

There are times when I document things I need to find later, so I spend time making them discoverable.

Question of the day - #Productivity

Do you actually re-read your notes, or mostly just write them?

#Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

Question of the day - #Productivity

Do you actually re-read your notes, or mostly just write them?

#Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

Question of the day - #Productivity

Do you actually re-read your notes, or mostly just write them?

#Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

Question of the day - #Productivity

Do you actually re-read your notes, or mostly just write them?

#Obsidian #PKM #SecondBrain

A note on defaults — they matter for tools you'll use for a decade.

TagSpaces is independent, no VC, no telemetry, no mandatory account. Open source under AGPL-3.0. Tags live in plain filenames or JSON sidecar files — portable, readable by anything, decades from now.

Full piece, with the founder disclosure and a hands-on Claude Code + TagSpaces tutorial:

https://filesfirst.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-obsidian-to-build-an

#PKM #SecondBrain #FOSS #LocalFirst

There's a useful way to think about the prompt vs context distinction:

Prompt engineering asks: what should I say?
Context engineering asks: what should the model know?

The scope, mindset and goal are completely different. Once you see it this way, the importance of building good context becomes obvious.

More in my latest post: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/context-engineering-vs-prompt-engineering/

#PKM #AI #KnowledgeManagement #LLM #Obsidian #NoteTaking

I actually once wrote a blog post on #Feynman‘s problem solving "algorithm", too 😅:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2022-10-06-feynman_method/

#PKM @AkaSci https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114489411609281270

Tip of the day: WikiLinks are one of many ways of making connections between documents and items in #DEVONthink and #DEVONthinkToGo, turning your database into its own wiki. Here is how to use them. #documentlinking #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230613-wikilinks

Puh, mal wieder in meine Browser-Tabs aufgeräumt, jetzt sind nur noch 15 offen 😅

Vieles einfach gelöscht, manches in #Joplin übertragen (#PKM) oder eine Aktion ausgeführt.

Muss auch ab und zu sein, für die mentale Gesundheit – und für die Leistung des Rechners!

I spent time learning prompt engineering — how to structure asks to get better results from AI. But prompt engineering turned out to be just part of the picture.

The bigger concept is context engineering: providing the model with everything it needs to give you a useful response. System prompts, tools, background information.

New post exploring the difference: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/context-engineering-vs-prompt-engineering/

#AI #PKM #KnowledgeManagement #LLM #Obsidian

Tip of the day: In #macOS’ System Settings or Houdah CustomShortcuts, you can set up a keyboard shortcut to quickly open documents from #DEVONthink in a specific application. Here is, how to set up the very same keyboard shortcut for different file types. #pkm #productivity #thirdparties #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240507-devonthink-contextual-keyboard-shortcuts

Tip of the day: If you want to use an image in a #Markdown document, you need to link to the image file. We show you how to link to images already in your #DEVONthink database and how to easily insert images and automatically store them in your database in one go. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20241022-images-in-markdown

Tip of the day: In #DEVONthink and #DEVONthinkToGo, you can assign ratings to objects. But what are these markers actually for and how can you use them? Here are some suggestions. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday #workflow https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250318-devonthink-ratings

@saerdnaer Na wenn das nicht der @tomww ist 😁

Machst du die #gtd Session? Habe hier mal ei en #lernOS Lernpfad dazu geschrieben: https://4you.lernos.org/de/2-1-0-Lernpfad-PS/ #pkm

RE: https://corteximplant.com/@marta/116535612058106794

#PKM #PIM

Tip of the day: Perhaps you have a selection of images that you would like to convert into a single #PDF. In #DEVONthink, there is a simple tool that does just that. Here is, how it works. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20240528-merge-images-to-pdf

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

Why start automating your PKM with boring admin tasks rather than something more exciting?

Because trust has to be earned. My AI PKM framework starts at Stage 0 — safe, reversible, administrative tasks where AI can help without touching what matters.

Updating an index is perfect for this. New post exploring both the skill and the framework it belongs to: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/claude-code-skills-obsidian-vault-index/

#PKM #Zettelkasten #Obsidian #AI #KnowledgeManagement #SecondBrain

Slow family evening ❤️

This format of e-reader is still the best investment in my learning that I made.

#pkm #science

Tip of the day: There are several reasons to make a copy of a document, e.g., for safety, or because the document could actually belong in multiple locations in your databases. #DEVONthink and #DEVONthinkToGo support two types of copies: duplicates and replicants. Here’s what they are and how to make them. #paperless #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230524-duplicates-replicants

Личная библиотека в Obsidian: книги, цитаты и мысли в одной базе данных

Список «хочу прочитать» давно перевалил за сотню. Когда наконец добираешься до книги — появляется другая проблема: хочется зафиксировать цитату или мысль, но непонятно куда. Заметки в телефоне, вкладка в браузере, стикер на полях — через месяц это всё теряется. Обычный подход «одна заметка на книгу» не работал: либо файл разрастался до неприличия, либо я просто забывал его открывать. Тогда я перестал искать «правильный» плагин и спроектировал систему с нуля в Obsidian. В этой статье я покажу архитектуру, реальные шаблоны и конфигурацию баз данных — так, чтобы это можно было повторить.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1032228/

#obsidian #pkm #управление_знаниями #templater #чтение #цитаты

Tip of the day: For many people, color is a useful visual aid in recognition and organization. Starting with #DEVONthink 4 Copernicus, we added support for colorizing groups. This can be helpful if you have many groups or if you want to organize them based on certain criteria. Here is how to use the feature. #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250708-colorize-groups-devonthink

Fern release v1.3.5 is out now, bringing a few stability and bug ​:blobcat_googly_bug:​ fixes since my last ping about v1.3.0:
- desktop launchers (lmk if these dont work on your OS of choice)
- emoji render bugfix
- panics (at the disco) are handled gracefully
- errors dumped to console upon crashes for easier bug reporting

https://codeberg.org/InodeLabs/fern/releases/tag/v1.3.5

#notetaking #tui #golang #pkm

A Claude Code skill is a Markdown file that sits in your vault's .claude folder. It tells the model exactly how to approach a task — with examples, logic, and scripts it can run.

Unlike a quick chat prompt, a skill persists. Build it once, call it whenever you need it. My A-Z index skill took about 10 minutes to run last time: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/claude-code-skills-obsidian-vault-index/

#PKM #Obsidian #AI #KnowledgeManagement #ClaudeAI

New #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️

➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/feather-wiki-brain-dump-app/

I wrote about a new app I'm using and my note-taking setup! It's a tool used for non-linear notebooks and #wikis called Feather Wiki @FeatherWiki.

This is post 38 of #100DaysToOffload
📈 https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

@[email protected] @TiddlyWiki

#blogging #blogs #guides #newpost #blogpost #smolweb #techblog #techguides #termux #android #obsidian #pkm #syncthing #httpd #busybox #braindump #privacy #wiki #featherwiki #tiddlywiki #selfhosting

New #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️

➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/feather-wiki-brain-dump-app/

I wrote about a new app I'm using and my note-taking setup! It's a tool used for non-linear notebooks and #wikis called Feather Wiki @FeatherWiki.

This is post 38 of #100DaysToOffload
📈 https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

@[email protected] @TiddlyWiki

#blogging #blogs #guides #newpost #blogpost #smolweb #techblog #techguides #termux #android #obsidian #pkm #syncthing #httpd #busybox #braindump #privacy #wiki #featherwiki #tiddlywiki #selfhosting

New #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️

➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/feather-wiki-brain-dump-app/

I wrote about a new app I'm using and my note-taking setup! It's a tool used for non-linear notebooks and #wikis called Feather Wiki @FeatherWiki.

This is post 38 of #100DaysToOffload
📈 https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

@[email protected] @TiddlyWiki

#blogging #blogs #guides #newpost #blogpost #smolweb #techblog #techguides #termux #android #obsidian #pkm #syncthing #httpd #busybox #braindump #privacy #wiki #featherwiki #tiddlywiki #selfhosting

New #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️

➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/feather-wiki-brain-dump-app/

I wrote about a new app I'm using and my note-taking setup! It's a tool used for non-linear notebooks and #wikis called Feather Wiki @FeatherWiki.

This is post 38 of #100DaysToOffload
📈 https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

@[email protected] @TiddlyWiki

#blogging #blogs #guides #newpost #blogpost #smolweb #techblog #techguides #termux #android #obsidian #pkm #syncthing #httpd #busybox #braindump #privacy #wiki #featherwiki #tiddlywiki #selfhosting

New #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️

➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/feather-wiki-brain-dump-app/

I wrote about a new app I'm using and my note-taking setup! It's a tool used for non-linear notebooks and #wikis called Feather Wiki @FeatherWiki.

This is post 38 of #100DaysToOffload
📈 https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

@[email protected] @TiddlyWiki

#blogging #blogs #guides #newpost #blogpost #smolweb #techblog #techguides #termux #android #obsidian #pkm #syncthing #httpd #busybox #braindump #privacy #wiki #featherwiki #tiddlywiki #selfhosting

Tip of the day: If an application has translated its interface into another language, you can choose the language in which it is used. #DEVONthink is, e.g., available in English, French, and German. Here is, how you can easily change an app’s language on the Mac. #localization #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20231121-change-app-language

Hot take: PARA is a great concept with a hierarchy problem. And for autistic and ADHD brains, that problem is not minor. It is the reason most people abandon their Notion setup entirely.

Episode 2 of the SuperBrain series covers why I replaced PARA and what I built instead: a system designed specifically for the way neurodivergent brains actually work.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/48YjcY8

#Notion #ADHD #Neurodivergent #PKM #SecondBrain #Productivity

Tip of the day: Clipping web content is a much used feature in #DEVONthink. There are numerous ways to import web content into #DEVONthink, e.g., with our browser extension, with bookmarklets, or with the print dialog. To see the range of options in one place, here is a list of them. #capture #macos #pkm #productivity #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250930-web-clipping-options-devonthink