2026-08-04
One person wired an Obsidian vault as shared memory for Claude Code, Codex, and a local LLM. The pattern is sound. Here's what a local vault can't reach, what it can't prove, and how the same idea works over MCP.
Articles tagged: Second Brain
Building an AI second brain you can audit — capture, recall, and trust your notes with sourced, inspectable, self-hostable memory.
A shared memory for every AI assistant: what the Obsidian-vault approach gets right, and where it stops
Why your AI note app isn't end-to-end encrypted
2026-07-27
Every note app with real end-to-end encryption has no AI, and every one with AI can read your notes. Here's the technical reason, which vendors admit it, and the three ways out.
Google Keep vs Calmara (2026): the home-screen command center, and what Gemini reads
2026-07-24
Keep's widgets make an excellent Android command center. Wiring Gemini into it requires the one setting that allows training and human review. A verified comparison.
Notion AI vs Obsidian AI vs Calmara (2026): memory, privacy, and who owns your notes
2026-07-12
Three ways to add AI to your notes in 2026: Notion's hosted agents, Obsidian's build-it-yourself plugin stack, and Calmara's auditable memory. Verified pricing, privacy terms, and the honest tradeoffs.
How to build an AI second brain you can actually audit
2026-07-06
Most AI second brains are black boxes. Here's what an auditable one looks like: every remembered fact inspectable, sourced, and time-stamped, plus how to build one you can self-host.