b. The freedom to use parsing scripts to send my notes fo Anki. I like Anki's UI and spaced repetition algorithms better then Remnote's. There's

python.BeautifulSoup

to parse HTML, plus someone a made Markdown to Anki script, and then someone else made that into a VSCode extension. Open source + the Unix philosophy is a beautiful thing. c. Being able to use VSCode as my text editor. VS code provides just the right balance of low friction and high power for me to save time. I can do everything I just did with my note in Obsidian, but I'd have to open up a terminal to the right directory and use

sed

. It's just faster to pull up a regex enabled search-and replace. Plus, I get to use my own snippets and shortcuts. d. Dendron's design and commands enable a nice flow while notetaking. Attention to detail, like having separate

extract

,

link

and

scratchnote

commands, minimizes having to open up new windows and copying back and forth, which disorients me. The commands seems like they do similar things, but they're designed to be used during different situations, and when you’re in the moment trying to capture information and not fall behind, having the tool to do what you’re looking for is a blessing.