How HACKERS Take Notes!! (Obsidian & More)

[@konstantinrebrov675]

Before I discovered Obsidian and Markdown based note systems, I wrote all my notes in composition notebooks like the MIT one you have. I filled up 10 such notebooks with diagrams, drawings, hand written source code snippets, memory layouts, algorithms, and even hand written paragraphs of explanations at times copied verbatim from Stackoverflow. If I had started with Obsidian, it would have been so much easier, especially for putting in code snippets or paragraphs pasted from the documentation or online sources. Now I have to scan every single page, convert that into a picture, and paste it into Obsidian.

[@CosmodiumCS]

WOW! Its unfortunate to not be able to easily digitize them. I gotta say have all those physical notes must be awesome though! I have quite a few notebooks that have been piling up now, all containing project ideas, diagrams, pseudo code, etc (similar to you). always fun going back and sifting through em

[@konstantinrebrov675]

@@CosmodiumCS The reason why I want to push them all into Obsidian, is so that I can very quickly find information via the search bar and the graph view, and also make connections to the other notes or pieces of information. Because for me at least, some topics such as binary bit manipulations, or assembly code, or algorithms runtime complexity analysis are strewn among multiple notebooks. I was initially just writing down ideas as I was having them, without any specific organization system in place.

[@konstantinrebrov675]

@@CosmodiumCS Now I'm thinking of switching over to VSCode entirely, and using a combination of extensions such as Dendron, Foam, Graph View, WikiLens, and WikiBonsai instead of Obsidian for my notes. The reason is because I have a bunch of small source code examples that I would create to demo/test a certain feature of a programming language as I was learning it, such as dynamic memory arrays, constructors/destructuors, memory leaks, etc. And then I have diagrams in my composition notebooks drawing what the memory looks like. I want to have a repo where I have both source code and markdown documents, and hand drawn diagrams scanned in. But Obsidian is only for markdown documents, it doesn't fit so well with source code that are in their own files, not just in markdown code fences, so that's why I decided to use VSCode instead. And then VSCode also has extensions for Jupyter ipynb integration, so I could use that for running my code examples and having documentation and diagrams on the same page too! Jupyter supports kernels for C/C++ interpereter now too.

[@MrMakaJames]

do you find it highly time consuming digitizing your notes? I love handwriting and physical notes. and growing to like digital databases that let me reference things quicker, but dont really want to give up writing my notes on paper.

[@konstantinrebrov675]

@@MrMakaJames It is not highly time consuming if you created a hand written note, and then scan it in immediately. It takes O(1) time to scan a single page in. But I have 10 notebooks, each has 200 pages, therefore there are 2000 pages that need to be scanned. Hence it takes O(N) time to scan every single page in the notebook, and then also to edit the images, organize them, put each page into the correct markdown document. So yes, it is highly time consuming. It's better to start using Obsidian initially, and then add hand written notes as you go. If you have a whole bunch of hand written notes prior, and you want to digitize them, that will take quite a lot of time indeed.

[@PASTRAMIKick]

wtf this is the first time I'm aware of obsidian ricing?! that's amazing

[@CosmodiumCS]

Hahah! Many thanks!

[@vonstrauss6078]

Man I started the Cybersec journey. Im glad I found your channel. Thank you, and thank you again for helping newbies like me to understand this vast and marvelous world of digital information. :)

[@CosmodiumCS]

Welcome aboard man! Hope the journey is welcoming🤙🏽

[@lsik231l]

I downloaded Obsidian yesterday, and this video will help a ton. I was debating Obsidian vs. Bookstack and decided to use both. I'll keep my Bookstack instance for more structured information and use Obsidian for more "on the fly"/offline note-taking. Can't wait to optimize my setup using your suggestions. Thanks man.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Sahweeet! Glad the guide came to good use!

[@acecorvus_]

at first I was trying to write down "the most important things" and instead of learning, I almost ended up being a scribe. I was obsessed and procastinating which application to use and which part I should write down. The good thing is that I already remember most things without taking notes, and if I miss something, I Google or ask my friends. That's my experience.

[@Duckiling]

I actually found out about obsidian from one of your streams I believe? And its been one of the best note taking apps I have ever used, hell even when my friends saw it they were kinda amazed and asked me what it is and now they are also using it

[@CosmodiumCS]

oh thats awesome! i'm happy tools like this are getting more attention

[@x0rZ15t]

And here I thought I was the only one writing in markdown on paper😉

[@CosmodiumCS]

HAHAHAH!! i'm glad you caught on to that lmao

[@x0rZ15t]

@@CosmodiumCS cheers dude! TIP. Write zero's with a slash through (like this: Ø) for maximum nerd points, just like an old school computers/matrix printers did.

[@CosmodiumCS]

@@x0rZ15t way ahead of ya haha! I already write in all caps to make it more readable, the strikethough on the zeros helps me differentiate them!

[@altspecs342]

Same

[@CosmodiumCS]

@@firstfifteendigitsofpi oh that’s awesome ha! Might look into this, appreciate ya🤙🏽

[@murdur8314]

Id love a deeper run through on how you have you obsidian set up!

[@HichamBerbache]

Lately i have been overwhelmed with the variety of tools i needed to use and keeping up with them all, i kinda start seeing the utility of such a versatile tool with markdown medium. I believe that centralizing your productivity system with such tool will alleviate that sens of overwhelm.

[@CosmodiumCS]

My advice, just use what works best for you. You can always poke at new tools, but having your own system will ultimately serve you better

[@NotLiamH]

I just use notion but seeing this rice is crazy. I like to customize things and you could say I'm creative. Looking at this and the possibilities of customization is really cool. I'll dive a little deeper in the obsidian pricing rabbit hole and see if I want to switch from notion to obsidian. Overall I enjoyed the video and thought it was a good video, also your voice is soothing.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Great to hear your considering the switch, I can attest having moved from notion previously it is definitely worth it. And LMAO on the voice remark haha! Maybe I’ll consider a career in asmr XP (joke)

[@sharonlima8913]

@@CosmodiumCS I love the accent!

[@Phantom-Protocol]

I started using Obsidian just last week before watching this video and I used it to organize my physical notes.

[@Silkymore]

I started with notebooks, but I wanna go digital. Because long term it will save space and make finding information easier.

[@kaneshkaTajik]

this is the most hackerish obsidian style I've ever seen:)) kali linux image background so cool

[@CosmodiumCS]

Appreciate it! Though I’m actually on Mint 🤫

[@TheCede555]

Always look forward to these videos! So well delivered and well presented!

[@CosmodiumCS]

Thank you, kindly! :)

[@hanzo2228]

phenomenal content ! amazing quality and explanations, and your obsidian vault is just impressive dude, keep videos about obsidian coming, cant wait to see more on how you tunned the vault like that and all the plugins you use. keep it up !

[@CosmodiumCS]

Thanks a ton! I’ll keep em coming o7

[@smnomad9276]

That was really great! Would love a tutorial on how to setup and use obsidian from a cyber-security professional/hacker perspective🔥

[@CosmodiumCS]

Great suggestion! I write my malware analysis reports in obsidian and have a bunch of templates to make it all pretty. I'll look into covering some of that and similar content :)

[@Rexxy06]

@@CosmodiumCS YES please do! Btw I love your Note-taking / Obsidian setup. It's simple and effective.

[@partha2806]

​@@CosmodiumCSHi can you also please show us a theming tutorial like how you riced your obsidian?

[@hotlinefrenzy]

I thought that would be the theme of the video, but I was welcomed with a complete basics video. Would suggest to elaborate on the vid title. Cool stuff anyhow!

[@HichamBerbache]

This is so far the most helpful obsidian tutorial i came across, Thanks!

[@sangeethm1984]

i am new to this-- so like we do in notion as duplicate a template , is there a way that we can do this in obsidian??

[@Gareth.W]

Great video. Just liked & subscribed. I work in cyber security too, so it's great to see how i can use Obsidian in my work. Looking forward to more content. Peace ✌️

[@SwapnilDeshpande]

Nice video! Would love to see more of PARA if you have your notes organized in that format.

[@KarishmaChanglani]

Omg! I have been using obsidian for months and I still found some new things from your video. I had no idea that you can use LaTeX in Obsidian. This was so useful!

[@CosmodiumCS]

Glad I could help!

[@neethy1836]

I'm only a few mins in and you are blowing my mind with your obsidian dude

[@CosmodiumCS]

Ha sweeet!!

[@spaff_hazz]

Great video. I've been using obsidian only to take temporary notes for htb/thm machines but am considering moving from notion and using obsidian full time

[@CosmodiumCS]

It’s honestly personal preference. I used to use notion, and it’s amazing. I’ve just found obsidian to be more of my style

[@spaff_hazz]

@@CosmodiumCS yeah i feel you. i kinda got tired of notion even though i loved it cos sometimes it just takes time to set up stuff or get around

[@krystenme6841]

This is the best Obsidian run through I’ve found so far!!! thanks

[@CosmodiumCS]

Glad it helped!!

[@boomson3082]

Straight and to the point. Good video.

[@paras_sevda]

If possible i think we all would like a detailed tutorial on how to setup this kind of environment cause for me i have been using obsidian for a year and i never thought obsidian could be this much fun and productive

[@CosmodiumCS]

Definitely, a new video is in the works!

[@paras_sevda]

@@CosmodiumCS much appreciated thanks man

[@stojke8809]

Just discovered this and it's amazing! This will definitely improve my day-to-day tasks and further projects.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Sahweeet! hope its worth while!

[@angelosalazar870]

Hi awesome, really liked you way to use obsidian. Already saw a lot of videos but this one take me to into. It will awesome if you can create a step to step to have obsidian setup like yours

[@CosmodiumCS]

I’ll work something out! But the dotfiles are linked in the description:)

[@christianwittern944]

Great video, thanks for sharing. I looked at your setup -- it would be even more instructive if you could share the template folder as well. In my experience, this has been one of the hurdles of getting the things working as smoothly as you show us.

[@CosmodiumCS]

I would be willing to share a few, some of them are specific to my work and i would be unable to share those. I’ll look into it! :)

[@CabernetKing]

Damn well I have better memory with stuff I wrote down compared to what I typed. But when trying to compress complicated info it is much cleaner per se to type it out.

[@michaelludescher]

Really great Video! What theme are you using (especially the colored folders on the left) and which plugin are you using for the tags constellations on the bottom left underneath the folders/notes?

[@solipse.]

My note taking system. Main reference source/wiki I use vscode wit jypter notebook with github page using github action that auto convert ipynb to html and turn into a jupyter notebook wiki/book For thinking purpose I use simple infinite canvas like concept app

[@Datalata]

Super helpful. Better than pretty much every other video I’ve seen….

[@CosmodiumCS]

Glad to hear it!

[@sharonlima8913]

I had the same feeling Lata

[@adityav7177]

how to customize the obisdian vault to look like yours?

[@sangeethm1984]

if you got it, describe how you did it

[@gr1zzlymack]

Great video! Love obsidian

[@AW00047]

wow you're so original, I've never heard anything like that before

[@ajays2060]

awesome video - liked and subscribed. I am just starting with obsidian and used this video as my starting guide and setting up a similar workflow. would love a deep dive walk through tutorial on your workflow and set up i.e. what do you use the folder, logs & export folders for since all your notes don't sit in a folder? Looking forward to future videos

[@kidinfinity50]

What’re your plugins how do you do time blocking How do you change color of the dots

[@GothStudies]

You are wayyy more organized than I will ever be lol.

[@CosmodiumCS]

lmfaoo! Maybe this helped ya pick up a few things ha!

[@alphago9397]

Seems neat and all, but I believe Org-mode can do just about all of this plus more .. and its open-source and has a larger community behind it.

[@Sub0x-x40]

yo i been using obsidian for ages and you just showed me how to use tags properly lol

[@pierrebertram5555]

Very condensed video, very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[@allan.cormier33]

just wondering but whats your full active plugin list? because i love the setup, and although i wouldn't have mine exactly the same, i still love the overall look of it and i'm fairly new to obsidian so i'm still learning

[@hamjayastudy7072]

Very helpful videoo!! i'm looking it because i learn how to use obsidian

[@jugalchaudhary8943]

Tutorial was really cool and useful. Thanks

[@CosmodiumCS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@VICESbeats]

What was the KZbinr you recommended at the end? I cannot catch the name hehe. Great video thanks! (Obisidan looks overwhelming)

[@CosmodiumCS]

Cyan Voxel! He has some great stuff! youtube.com/@cyanvoxel?si=7C4lu2WKKMRhfue-

[@realgweep]

Thx for this video. Which inferface font did you use? Is this liberation mono?

[@CosmodiumCS]

It’s cascadia code🤙🏽

[@SoulExpension]

I should install Obsidian in a distrobox container, keep it all together. As long as the plugins are consistent to my phone app version. I've been running off appimage vanilla, no plugins, for so long.

[@CosmodiumCS]

honestly, if ur just taking notes, vanilla is all you really need. i've learned to make quite an expansive workflow through the plugins. they've definitely helped out!

[@fabioviolino]

eMacs org mode, of course. Why depend on closed source Software?

[@CosmodiumCS]

Hey! I always recommend using what works best for you, this is just to showcase how I take notes. Also nvim > emacs ;) (all jokes haha)

[@fabioviolino]

@@CosmodiumCS fair point. Apple and bananas are eMacs and vim. Both are great. But there is only one “true” org mode. 🙈

[@Plasmawiz]

@@CosmodiumCS It's all down to personal preference, as long as the tool works with and not against the users wishes all is right with the world 😆 (I am an Emacs user though, it is so powerful once you get over the learning curve it puts everything else to shame)

[@Ryan-md3sx]

Great video, very helpful! But is there any way for me to get your exact style for my obsidian? Like download the whole template, theme and colors etc.

[@diviloppe]

when i watched ur the rat project i was waiting for this video :D

[@CosmodiumCS]

what a goat lmao!! glad i was finally able to put it together

[@dryujin1004]

Hi. I have a question I want to add your Protocol blue theme, so I connected yours. and I added theme.css file of yours for style settings. I guess something cannot read CSS file, the msg was like "No style settings found" can you help me? I really want to use your theme with styles settings. I want to change my folder color looks like you. thanks for the tutorial, your video helped me a lot

[@Creveoolus]

Your obsidian vault looks very cool! The only thing I miss in your video is the purpose of your folders. What have you insde the notes and logs folder? Is it necessarily for para or it is just your personal folders? If so, why not using tags? Thanks!

[@CosmodiumCS]

yo! all my notes use the para tagging system i showed in the video. the "notes" folder is for annotated pdfs from my ipad. the rest of them are for the plugins i have installed.

[@tanishhhh_7]

I am so used to Notion that I basically use it for everything.

[@CosmodiumCS]

That’s awesome! Notion is amazing, love how everything comes out the box. Also super customizable

[@srnsrns6645]

Very helpful, thx a lot!

[@CosmodiumCS]

Glad it helped!

[@pilchardus]

This was cool! How do you have colored folders like that? Can you also share your custom css?

[@CosmodiumCS]

i got some from CyanVoxel, other ones i've made myself. I'll be sure to put them on my dotfiles on github when i get the chance!

[@dogyX3]

Amazing stuff! I always fall down the rabbit hole of finding the best way to take notes as a Computer Science student, without actually doing any work lol I would also love a guide on your Linux Mint setup, since I've left windows for a few years now, but I still feel new to Linux and only recently started using Linux Mint. I want to be absolutely certain that I won't be fighting my laptop once I've settled on a main driver, and it seems like you've got your setup all ready

[@CosmodiumCS]

Haha! The rabbit hole goes deep my friend. But yeah i can definitely make an updated linux desktop tour!

[@sk1pp3r65]

I actually would be interested in knowing what your sound visualizer is? If you have a moment to share it

[@CosmodiumCS]

you can set it up in obs :)

[@booleyP]

Hey, really love your videos. Are you able to link where you got your notebook (the white one)? I’m looking for something similar to yours and really like grid notebooks.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Hey! the white notebook is a moleskine. they are pretty high quality notebooks, though a bit more pricey.

[@darren537]

Neovim vim wiki, emacs orgmode or doom emacs.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Neovim all the wayyy!!!

[@IlIIllIlIlIIlIlIlIlIIl]

i like it for its polished look

[@DJRanoia]

How did you get the widgets to stay on the right when the sidebar is closed? I really like that!

[@CosmodiumCS]

i think it is a part of the theme haha!

[@DJRanoia]

@@CosmodiumCS Ah you would be right, Thanks! I see now it just hides the icons until you hover over, pretty clever!

[@phillyshot]

What's your favorite Obsidian theme?

[@AlaxanAlax10]

It's nice!, How to set that blur effect?

[@CosmodiumCS]

It’s part of the theme, unless ur talking about the window opacity, then use compton or picom

[@usmcboyd]

Love when creators straight up steal someone's work, verbally thank them, but don't give them the credit they deserve with a link to their channel/page or what about them they are using. Just a nice CYA at the end there without actually giving them credit.

[@mario-rosell]

0:46 medic moment

[@Johnweak000]

OMG I love this video !

[@scottmiller2591]

I put everything directly into Obsidian directly - no scanning. Learn Mermaid.

[@CosmodiumCS]

I don’t scan either, what goes on paper stays on paper hahah! But mermaid.js looks sweet so I’ll try it out!

[@Dr_Larken]

Same, Learn Starfish

[@sharonlima8913]

@@Dr_Larken link for starfish?

[@korigamik]

how do you set up your pc as well? I notice you're using linux?? what do you use to screen record and how do you get the nice audio visualizer?

[@CosmodiumCS]

i'm on linux mint with i3wm, and obs to record

[@russelllapua4904]

Nice video. At the start you mention that your notes aren't in your 00 - notes folder and you'll go into that later, but you don't appear to unless I've missed it?

[@CosmodiumCS]

That folder is for annotated pdfs :)

[@metascopeinitiatives2550]

Thank you, you have a new sub. 👍

[@CosmodiumCS]

Sahweeet!!

[@LeoneDeRic]

how you make obsidian look transparent??

[@DanDeakin]

Saw the scratch pad cover. Are you a boat schooler?

[@misero1]

you wouldn't happen to have the css snippet you use for styling available would you?

[@CosmodiumCS]

yep! github.com/PrettyBoyCosmo/dotfiles/tree/main/obsidian/.obsidian/snippets

[@PrinceKumar-yo9lr]

Bro how much time it takes to learn assembly language from which you can write your own script,exploits and malwares and ransomwares And which are the best high level languages which are used to write malwares and ransomwares Please reply❤❤❤❤❤

[@auptyk]

Are you using a plugin to get the tags to populate in the bottom left? New to Obsidian, really like that view.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Nope, you can just click and drag the tab into that space!

[@auptyk]

@@CosmodiumCS Thanks! The best solutions are really the simplest.

[@alkeryn1700]

as a hacker (that professionally did cybersec consulting). i do not use obsidian, it's not foss.

[@derusmares9508]

What are some foss you do use or recommend? Thanks!

[@CosmodiumCS]

similar to what @derusmares9508 said, i'd love to hear some foss options you are using. but for me, obsidian is one of those applications that i am willing to compromise on

[@CliffordX]

@@CosmodiumCS One I can think is SilverBullet but it is still on early stage.

[@sharonlima8913]

this is the first time I watched an obsidian video till the end? how can I customize mine like this? Please ... help!

[@ustarhymes]

How u made this Audio spectrum visualizer?

[@CosmodiumCS]

KZbin :)

[@franklinfranklin8575]

bro what destro you're using right now

[@CosmodiumCS]

Linux Mint with i3wm. i need to do an updated desktop tour haha!

[@Laxobigging]

is there any way to clone this obsidian note system you have in place?

[@CosmodiumCS]

yep! they are now on my github github.com/PrettyBoyCosmo/dotfiles/tree/main/obsidian

[@Laxobigging]

@@CosmodiumCS appreciate you!

[@aynbangla3266]

what plugin is suggesting you to link to files while writing?

[@aynbangla3266]

??? what are all the plugins you are using.

[@CosmodiumCS]

I list all the plugins at the end of the video!

[@Nobel-y9e]

@@CosmodiumCS I used your .obsidian file from your github link. auto suggestions of linking to files are happening . But I wanted to know how it is done?is it a plugin or css snippets?

[@umop3plsdn]

god not sure why this isn't working out for me. I cloned the repo and opened obsidian chose open folder opened the folder. it downloads the plugins and all that jazz it asks me if i trust or want to run in restricted.. I hit Trust author and enable it pops up community plugins and things on the right hand side that say various things like "Templater folder must be set" "Template (core plugin) folder must be set". it opens and everything is just blank. So i click "Open Full calendar" on the side and everything is just empty. literally everything. Anyone know what im doing wrong?

[@umop3plsdn]

if i go to settings -> templater it automatically has "04 - templates" in there but i guess it doesn't exist? not sure what im missing to even pull up a calendar in general lol. Clicking Templater in the main obsidian app sideboard says Templater Error count retireve template files from templates folder 04- templates check console for more information.

[@ardaderin4317]

any solution ?

[@umop3plsdn]

@@ardaderin4317 nah you having the same issue?

[@mohamedchaabene7538]

Can i ask u something , how did u make the bg ?

[@CosmodiumCS]

Its the theme “Mado Miniflow”, i mention it and more towards the end of the video :)

[@mohamedchaabene7538]

@@CosmodiumCS thx

[@mohamedchaabene7538]

@@CosmodiumCS can u make a tutorial about dataview 😁

[@thesoulsender]

Obsidian is great, I use it for everything

[@CosmodiumCS]

Everything⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@thesoulsender]

@@CosmodiumCS yes it does my dishes and cleans my bathroom as well. if you don’t fw obsidian consider yourself an opp

[@drakewright940]

Do you sell this framework ( similar to notion templates ) or know anyone i could pay to set mine up like this?

[@paintwithtihani9926]

0:13 damn how do u make that rgb lights around the subscribe button when u said subscribe? Im watching this from the apps

[@VICESbeats]

it's integrated into youtube... i think he can change that in the settings before uploading

[@paintwithtihani9926]

@@VICESbeats i seee. thanks2, it was so cool hahahah

[@VICESbeats]

@@paintwithtihani9926yes i also loved it when I first saw it 😂

[@CosmodiumCS]

Lmaooo! Yep it’s a part of YT

[@claratorres1336]

What snippets you use?

[@CosmodiumCS]

Mostly CyanVoxels and a few tweaks i made of my own

[@KillianTwew]

It's clear that you and I use a vastly different amount of brainpower in one day. If your brain was a car battery, mine is like a coin battery. 😂

[@CosmodiumCS]

LMFAOOO!! its all good homie, comes with time ;)

[@youtubegaming3281]

Bro how to add custom vim key binds. Also crazzy rice please make a video on it.

[@CosmodiumCS]

Custom keybinds are in the settings, and i’ll be sure to make a vid on that

[@IxHades]

hi, I will appreciate that if you share the template, calendar, assets and other initial directories.

[@ShankarGavankar-x8k]

That's awesome 😎

[@CosmodiumCS]

Sure is!

[@mahirdaiyan6898]

can someone provide the theme and the plugins he mentioned in the video? and the other plugins as well which werent mentioned?

[@CosmodiumCS]

They were all listed at the end of the video :)

[@jallsebrook]

What's the purpose of having the folders but without content?

[@CosmodiumCS]

The folders only hold images, pdfs, and resources for extensions. Didn’t seem necessary to cover in the vid :)

[@theweirdcassette]

Wait, so how to not have the notes in the folder ? how did you do that?

[@CosmodiumCS]

Just make a new note! Obsidian will keep it in the vault, but i don’t use a bunch of subfolders to organize them.

[@redrealruby]

how did u get the subscribe button to light up? 0.o

[@CosmodiumCS]

Subscribe and find out 😉

[@arman6517]

Hi, how can I implement this?

[@spandanagarwal3356]

genuine question, what do you keep in militery folder

[@CosmodiumCS]

The secret of how starbursts are so juicy🙉

[@spandanagarwal3356]

@@CosmodiumCS fr that secret needs to be protected 😂

[@JAleksandr]

Please tell me I’m not the only old @$$ that still remembers using Graffiti on Palm OS…..

[@0xjinx]

which theme are you using?

[@CosmodiumCS]

Custom implementation of Mado Miniflow. If you watch the video in full, you’ll see I talk about theming towards the end :)

[@0xjinx]

@@CosmodiumCS thank you

[@K.Huynh.]

So cool!!!