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Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by thayne on Monday May 18, 2026 @10:47AM (#48180648)
> So that anyone could tweak it however he wants.

That was true before the "AI era" as well.

Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by zakirullin on Monday May 18, 2026 @10:55AM (#48180765)
Well, yes.

Just now, any regular user can clone the repository and ask an LLM to tune it to his needs.

Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by finghin on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:29PM (#48181942)
I never thought about this before, and it hasn’t been mentioned significantly in the vast amount of AI threads I read here. But it’s a really good point as skeptical as I am (in mid-2026) of AI first codebases
Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by zakirullin on Monday May 18, 2026 @02:00PM (#48183109)
BTW, this is not an AI codebase :)

It was mostly crafted by hand.

Let's say, I've saved some "complexity space" for LLM to add features on top.

In other words, the project has dumb-simple code right now, and it is ready to hold some amount of "tech-debt" from an LLM.

Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by finghin on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:23AM (#48218636)
Interesting and probably prescient approach, good luck
Re:Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian by adam_beck on Monday May 18, 2026 @07:48PM (#48187470)
Tanner Lisnley did this with React. He didn't share it but talked about his experience. Basically, he re-wrote React with only the parts he was interested in. Sort of like his own version of Preact. You might be interested in his blog post about the subject: https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react