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I’m curious how Obsidian users think about this.

One thing I keep noticing with note apps in general is that they’re good at storage, but not always great at helping you actually remember or resurface what you saved later.

So I’ve been thinking a lot about two ideas:

• automatic connections between related notes
• turning notes into review prompts / spaced repetition

But I can’t tell if that’s genuinely useful or if it just sounds smart on paper.

For people here who use Obsidian seriously:

1. Do linked notes actually improve your thinking over time, or mostly help with organization?
2. Does the graph / connection layer become practically useful for you, or mostly aesthetic?
3. If your notes could automatically suggest review questions, would that be interesting or annoying?
4. What feels more missing in note tools: better structure, better retrieval, or better memory support?

Not trying to shill anything here — I’m genuinely trying to understand where Obsidian users think the line is between useful knowledge tooling and feature theater.

Would love honest takes, especially from people with larger vaults.

I keep coming back to the same frustration with PKM tools:

They’re usually pretty good at helping you capture and organize information. They’re much worse at helping you actually remember it later or resurface it when it matters.

I’m building an iOS-first memory tool around that problem, and the core ideas I’m exploring are:

• very fast capture
• automatic connections between notes
• smarter retrieval later
• turning important notes into review prompts / spaced repetition

The question I’m wrestling with is whether this is genuinely useful or just sounds good in theory.

A few things I’d love this community’s take on:

1. In your current PKM workflow, what most often gets lost: facts, ideas, context, or momentum?
2. Are automatic note connections actually valuable, or do they usually become graph-view decoration?
3. Would you use auto-generated review questions from your own notes, or does that feel too gimmicky?
4. Do you think the future of PKM is better organization, or better memory / recall?

Not trying to spam or hard-sell here — I’m honestly trying to understand whether people want a PKM system that behaves more like memory infrastructure than a filing cabinet.

Curious how people here think about it.

I’ve been building a side project called Recallr.

The problem I’m trying to solve is this: people save a lot of notes, links, ideas, and highlights, but most of it turns into a pile they never meaningfully revisit.

So the product direction I’m exploring is:

• fast capture
• automatic connections between notes
• turning important ideas into review prompts / spaced repetition
• better retrieval later instead of just better storage

My current belief is that most "second brain" tools are strong at collecting, weak at helping you actually remember or reuse what you saved.

I’m trying to build something that feels less like a notes graveyard and more like a memory system.

Would love honest feedback from builders here:

1. Is this a real pain point or too niche?
2. Does automatic note-connection sound useful, or does it risk becoming graph-view theater?
3. If your notes could generate review questions automatically, would you actually use that?
4. Would you trust an iOS-first product for this, or expect cross-platform immediately?

Not looking to hard-sell anything here. I’m mainly trying to figure out whether the problem is sharp enough and whether this framing resonates.

Brutal feedback welcome.

I’ve noticed my biggest problem with notes/bookmarks isn’t saving information — it’s remembering why I saved it, how it connects to what I already know, and when I should revisit it.

So I’ve been working on a side project called Recallr: an iOS-first personal knowledge app that turns captures into a connected knowledge graph and helps surface things later instead of letting them die in a notes folder.

I’m still figuring out the product direction, especially around:

• what makes people actually revisit saved knowledge
• whether spaced repetition belongs in a PKM app
• how automatic links/graphs can be useful instead of just looking cool
• how to avoid becoming “yet another notes app”

For people who save articles, videos, ideas, or research: what breaks first in your current system?

Is it capture, organization, search, remembering to revisit things, or something else?