I did the opposite this past weekend and migrated from Obsidian to Joplin. Obsidian is a fantastic tool, but with my AuDHD, it’s an absolute productivity trap.

I spent 90% of my time tweaking community plugins, designing complex custom templates, and configuring graph views, and maybe 10% actually writing notes. Joplin lacks the infinite customization rabbit holes, which turns out to be a feature: it forces you to use the tool for documentation instead of endless system design.