Notion AI vs Obsidian: 2 Honest Tools for a Second Brain
Two months of running both tools taught me exactly which client notes belong in Notion AI and which stay in Obsidian.
Two months of running both tools taught me exactly which client notes belong in Notion AI and which stay in Obsidian.
Six weeks of client calls captured, summarized, and filed without typing a word; here is what stuck and what I skip.
The six-check pass I run on every client proposal before hitting send: where AI quietly saves me from myself.
Notion turned the workspace into a hub for AI agents this month. Four shifts a solo consultant feels in a daily stack.
Five AI tools, five jobs, one B2B SaaS proposal — the stack I actually pay for in 2026 and the order I run them in.
A client emailed me a 6-page discovery doc on Tuesday afternoon. I had a draft brief due Wednesday morning. The first decision I had to make wasn’t what to write — it was which AI I’d open first. Notion AI vs ChatGPT — that was the actual question. I pay for both. I’ve been paying … Read more
Notion AI was down for about an hour one Thursday morning in March. I was in the middle of processing a 90-minute client call transcript. I opened the transcript, stared at it, and realized I’d forgotten how to do the work I was doing two years ago — reading every line and pulling out what … Read more