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Show HN: Streamline – A stream-of-consciousness writer for Obsidian

Hey HN, Alexis here!

I've been a long-time journal-writer and Obsidian enthusiast for years.

I want to share an app with you that built and now use every day.

Streamline^1 is a free and open-source^2 native macOS app for people like myself who…

- Take lots of notes in Obsidian and

- Love journaling/stream-of-consciousness writing on pen-and-paper

I built it because I wanted

- The safe space of journaling and

- Easily link to all my my notes in my vault while in “stream-of-consciousness mode” and

- Avoid getting distracted from having too many rabbit-holes from being inside Obsidian

I'm quiet nervous because there is soooo^2 much to say, but it's probably easiest is to just SHOW you.

There's a quick demo video at https://getstreamline.app that you can watch.

So: If you’re one of the two other people who know what I’m talking about, give it a spin and let me know how it goes!

Cheers!

Alexis

PS: There is also a full FAQ section for questions you may have at the bottom. PPS: If you're really curious, I wrote down the "loooooong story" here^4

[^1]: https://getstreamline.app/

[^2]: https://github.com/akaalias/Streamline

[^3]: Like: "Why this really, really isn't yet another markdown editor, Why it is a "writer" not an "editor" etc. etc.

[^4]: https://github.com/akaalias/getstreamline/blob/main/README.md

Oh, I love this.

Since you have a whole section on learning:

One thing I've noticed is that, at least on physical whiteboards, most people I've worked with weren't comfortable with their handwriting and drawing skills. Even when everyone agrees that "rougher is better."

For them I used to do a quick hands-on workshop back at Pivotal Labs. It was called "Whiteboard Hacking" (please don't judge ;) for which I also published a free small manual.

The manual with a bunch of exercises is still here for anyone who feels overly critical of their handwriting and drawing skills: https://publish.obsidian.md/alexisrondeau/Attachments/Whiteb... .