This looks neat, but having such important work locked into proprietary systems seems like a really bad idea. Are there any open source systems this good? I know about org mode, Joplin, and some others, but this seems nicer and more capable.
And if some day something happens to Obsidian, I'll just go back to Vimwiki. After all, my conversion process moving to Obsidian consisted of the single step of opening my existing Vimwiki directory structure with Obsidian...
If you had to pick one change which would improve your GitJournal experience, what would it be?
I spend 90% of my time on my "daily" notes, so (selfishly) that's where I would focus. My challenges there are:
1. My date format is "YYYY/MM - MMMM/YYYY-MM-DD" in a folder called Daily, which means the files have names like "Daily/11 - November/2021-11-18.md" (and surprisingly, Obsidian accepts that date format and manages the intermediate directories just fine). That crazy date/filename format would need to be configurable and supported for (I think) the Journal feature to work well 2. I don't include a heading with the date at the top of my Daily files (actually, _any_ files), so finding the right note (when I see a bunch of cards that all look pretty similar) can be challenging - at least my directory structure means I can narrow down to the month very fast by looking at the folder names 3. Bonus points for a calendar view to make #1 and #2 easier?
I think if I had to pick the biggest challenge, it's #2 because I end up with a big soup of files that all look the same, where the important thing to discriminate between them is the filename.
I also love the commercial model - I love Open Source, but I don't mind paying for quality, so I get the best of both worlds here. And more importantly, I don't have to spend a huge amount of money just to trial the software for a couple months - I can pay the (small) monthly fee, and if I like it, either pay the "full" fee or just keep paying monthly.