on tools

prefer tools that produce plain files. files you can move, version, grep, and open in something else when the tool is gone.

three i keep coming back to:

• astro for sites. fast, and no javascript unless you ask for it.
• obsidian for notes. underneath the app it is a folder of markdown.
• helix for editing. modal, opinionated, no plugins to maintain.

the tool is temporary. the file is what lasts.