Background
I’ve always liked the idea of keeping notes organized and together (whether that was truly the case is a different story). I found out about Obsidian sometime in 2022, and started moving all my notes and knowledge collection into a vault. I liked the idea of creating links between notes and the graphical visualization to really illustrate how bits of knowledge are tied together. On the other hand, I’ve also wanted to create a way to share my own thoughts and opinions with friends and others on the web. That led me to hosting a public vault containing my own personal notes and projects to share.
Requirements
I needed a static site generator that could easily integrate with my notes and ideally bring some functionality from Obsidian itself. I initially started with a barebones mkdocs setup, eventually adding some Obsidian-esque plugins to make the experience browsing the site as similar. I eventually came across Quartz