Digital Gardens

I'm using Digital Gardens Obsidian Plugin to publish these notes from Obsidian. The notes are published on Vercel. Reasons why I like this method than the earlier ones I tried:

It is an Obsidian plugin, which means I can publish from within Obsidian itself
It supports sidebar, backlinks, and has many other features.
I can use two different git repository — one for my notes and another as base for publish pipelines
I can customize the template with: https://dg-docs.ole.dev/advanced/adding-custom-components/
- I've added plausible analytics and a footer using this. You can view the analytics for this site here: https://plausible.io/notes.jjude.com/
Updating the template
- Follow the process here: https://dg-docs.ole.dev/getting-started/06-updating-the-template/
If you encounter a vercel error 'All checks failed' and you are on free tier of vercel, possibly you have exhausted your 100 builds a day quota. Wait for the next day and vercel pipeline should pick up everything again.
- I'm looking to host on an alternate platform sometime in the near future using this: https://dg-docs.ole.dev/advanced/hosting-alternatives/

What I wish was different

As of now, there are instructions to publish only via github and vercel. I wish I can use other ones like cloudflare pages or gitlab pages
I wish I can automate publishing. Right now I can publish only from within Obsidian itself, which means I need access to my Mac.

Tips

If you want to hide the properties in mobile app, set Settings → Editor / Display → Properties to Hide
If you want to auto-commit your changes to your repository, include a cron. As an example: */10 * * * * (cd /commonlog && git add . && git commit -m "Auto Commit" && git push) > /dev/null 2>&1
- Every 10 min, this will cd into a directory named commonlog, add files, commit with a message, and push to remote repository

Earlier attempts

I used a jekyll based tool earlier. It works well too. You can try that.

If you are looking for historical examples, Wikipedia has a list of published commonplace books and notes. Few others:

(in no particular order)