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Tools and workflows I’ve ditched recently

• Notion: I was really obsessed with keeping everything inside Notion — groceries, clients, quotations, you name it. I even kept an updated list of all my items; if I bought something, I made sure to add it there, then I’d open that note at the grocery store and use it as my list.

• 11ty + Obsidian (automation): While trying to publish more thoughts and useful content easily, I stumbled on 11ty (again). The idea was simple: write .md files in Obsidian and push them to my live site through a couple of plugins and GitHub Actions. But I also needed to publish from my phone — and one important plugin wouldn’t work there. That meant I’d have to set up 2-way sync between phone and desktop, with files only syncing once I opened my laptop (if no conflicts).

Both had something in common: they added complexity. Maybe they cut a few steps in theory, but in practice they created more mental load — bugs, fixes, ideas for improvement, or just hitting limitations.

Simplicity wins for me.