Can relate to that sentiment. What I'm still looking for is a simple solution that lets me use simple local files (eg plaintext/markdown; csv or single-page HTML would also be fine) as a backend for a web app (with login, obviously). Basically, I want to have something like a todo.txt that lives on my machine (in the folder that syncs to my cloud storage) but that I can also edit when I'm on my phone. Like using Google sheets as a backend but with a local file.
I just access my markdown files from Obsidian through nextcloud. When I'm on my phone I just use a simple markdown editor, when I'm on my PC I use Obsidian.
You don't have to use any plugins.
You can put your obsidian vault anywhere you like, e.g. in a folder that is synched by nextcloud.
I use a git repo for this, which works fine also on mobile.
I get how that works on desktop, but on mobile, I can add a local file as a vault in Obsidian, but I don't think that file could be tracked by my cloud sync app. Does the Nextcloud app support that? Not sure how you use git here, could you explain?
What I have gotten to work was to download a file from the sync app, open it in a markdown editor app and then save it to the cloud by sending it back to the sync app. It technically works but it was a bit too inconvenient to become a real habit (too many taps, need to rename the file on upload and set location each time,...).
With the AI coding tools getting better each day, I'm starting to think why I would spend any time researching what's out there for what I want, instead of just using an AI coding agent to put something together in 10 mins, and forget about it.
It's getting easier and faster to have AI build something that solves my exact problem. Maybe not perfect, but OK.
I'm sure it'd be super quick to build it with the help of an LLM once I know what setup I want. I actually used ChatGPT once for ideation, I'd need look it up again, but what I remember none of the proposed solutions were convincing.
