> [!tldr] [[Obsidian]], [[Excalidraw]], [[Spreadsheet]]s, [[Python]], [[Large Language Models|LLMs]] [[Specialized Tools are for Special Use Cases]]. Otherwise I think you should have a small set of tools [[Know Your Tools|you know well]]. My core tools: - [[Obsidian]] - **Writing**. Thinking. [[Project Management App]]. - [[Excalidraw]] - **Thinking**. Drawing. Artifact creating. - [[Spreadsheet]]s[^1] - Basic [[Exploratory Data Analysis]]. Calculations. [[Note Types#Logs|Log]] retention & exploration. - [[Python]] - General **automation** and making things happen. - [[Large Language Models]] - Bouncing ideas around. Summarization. Beyond that I think everything's a specialized use case. Arguably Python is a specialized use case. But this distinction doesn't *really* matter and I wanted to include it. **** # More ## Source - Self [^1]: This used to just say **Excel**, but Microsoft's choices over the past decade have been highly suspect. If you still have access to Excel 2013 or prior, you can use that. [[LibreOffice]] Calc is good! Also: Google Sheets. Unfortunately I still can't recommend Apple's Numbers app. I've tried to adopt it several times. It's just... well that's a different note.