Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions.

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Shownotes and links for this episode: http://www.relay.fm/cortex/179

- stephango.com - stephango.com
- Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
- Minimal Theme foor Obsidian - https://minimal.guide/home
- How I use Obsidian — Steph Ango - stephango.com/vault
- Obsidian Web Clipper - https://obsidian.md/clipper
- How I do my to-dos — Steph Ango - stephango.com/todos
- Manifesto - About - Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/about
- If you're remote, ramble — Steph Ango - stephango.com/ramblings
- Always Bet on Text - graydon2 - graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html
- File over app — Steph Ango - stephango.com/file-over-app
- Don't delegate understanding — Steph Ango - stephango.com/understand
- Caloric energy is precious — Steph Ango - stephango.com/precious
- Obsidian CLI - https://obsidian.md/cli

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Steph Ango – State of the Workflow
00:01:04 - Most Important Device
00:01:51 - What is Obsidian?
00:03:18 - Becoming the CEO of Obsidian
00:10:26 - How Steph Uses Obsidian
00:22:50 - Productivity Methods and Systems
00:30:05 - Team Collaboration
00:39:01 - 'No Meetings'
00:44:13 - The Obsidian Business Model
00:51:35 - 'Growth' for Obsidian
00:57:55 - Thoughts on AI
01:04:33 - Being Trusted With the 'Second Brain'
01:10:21 - Promotion Time

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