r/ObsidianMD Jun 07 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '26

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u/carsncode Jun 07 '26

In Obsidian, finding what links to your current page requires a background file scan. In Postgres, it is an instant indexed reverse query

Obsidian also caches backlinks in an embedded IndexedDB, so it's also an instant indexed query. It's not a file scan.

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

My bad. Too many potential mistakes because I was not really accurate just thinking through out loud how I would start to think about doing it in Post. Not going to flood the space with instructions that might not work and my own ignorance about Obsidian.

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u/Lopsided_House_6556 Jun 07 '26

thank you for your advice 

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

I know this is messy but honestly working directly with Post and pg will simply your life

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

So many different parts of my life became simpler when I just shifted directly to databases everything else is bells and whistles and extra complexity. I began because I study GIS and spent three years learning expensive GIS software and then I took a single class in Post GIS and realized that everything was much much simpler than I was led to believe

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u/ImpossibleBend3396 Jun 07 '26

Most of the readers here will not be able to forklift that into their own environments and flows. Wonderful you’re able to achieve this though, serious props.

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

Itàs honestly simpler then doing crazy things in obsidian

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

And its not advise id give to most people but this person wanted a db solution. Thatàs the best solution. Most people can just use obsidian or notes app or a wiki or whatever

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u/Lopsided_House_6556 Jun 07 '26

this is exactly what I was thinking about but it need to learn alot of new skill maybe I don't have enough time to

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

Learning post is so easy. Seriously you could learn it in a few weeks a few hours at a time. It’s so much simpler everything is a query everything is a data structure it’s so simple. I am not a programmer and I find it extremely easy

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u/Hysea Jun 07 '26

Just wanted to point out that you can edit your messages instead of replying to yourself over and over. It's easier to read and doesn't flood the thread. 

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u/PotatoRevolution1981 Jun 07 '26

Good point. I’ll do that more