Hello, welcome back to Cortex in the State of the Workflow series.

Today I have the pleasure of being joined by Steph Ango, the CEO of Obsidian.

If you're a long time listening to this show, you'll know Obsidian.

It has been a part of our workflows.

We've used it, recommended it, debated about it.

It is a tool that many of you feel strongly about, so it feels fitting

to actually talk to someone from Obsidian. If you're not aware, or you need a refresher,

Obsidian is one of the most popular and powerful tools for writing, thinking, and organizing

your notes. And it's built on a philosophy that is somewhat unusual in the software world

today. Your notes and Obsidian are just files on your computer. They belong to you, not to the app.

What makes Steph's story particularly interesting is how he got to Obsidian. And I want you to hear

this story. I also wanted to have stuff on the show to talk about

how he works, how a small team builds a product used by millions of people and the ideas behind it

all. So let's get into it. So Steph, I want to ask you as I ask everyone that comes onto the state

of the workflow series, what is the most important device that

you use to get your work done? I would say my desktop computer now, but it has been a change because

my MacBook Air was for probably five or six years, the main device that I did almost everything on.

And I loved that because I could easily go to my office computer, plug it into a monitor,

and do it there, or sit on the couch and keep working and have everything be super fluid.

But now I'm a lot more of a mixed device type of person.

I'm switching between my phone, my MacBook Air, and my Mac Mini. But I think

nowadays I'm doing most of my work on my Mac Mini. So you are the CEO of Obsidian. How would you

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