Indie dev rebuilds his Obsidian tooling with Codex, open-sources it for ~$15 in tips
vista8 · x · 2026-09-27
A Chinese indie developer rebuilt all the features he needed on top of Obsidian and open-sourced the result. The work consumed three 20x Codex resets and has earned him just over 100 RMB in tips — not break-even, but he's happy to help others with similar needs.
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