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Introducing Synapse
by Andy Gorman on 01/13/2026 02:14:09What is Synapse?
I recently started using new personal knowledgebase programs that I thought would be good for what I needed to do, but I found I wanted something more like NotebookLM, but while that's great for research, it's not really a PKB at this point. So, I came up with an idea to see if I could create my own. I know that tools like Obsidian have this level of web/AI integration already, but I don't like having to use things like Syncthing or some other file synching system. Here is the basic goal:
My goal of this project is to make my own personal knowledge base that can also give me results from the web that can help augment or provide insights into my notes. Like NotebookLM but also like Obsidian notes. I've got the searching for my notes, but I want to expand that into web information.
Replace Google Photos with PhotoPrism, PhotoSync, and TrueNAS
by Andy Gorman on 01/29/2025 00:05:25
The Background
For the last fifteen years, I've used Android phones, starting with the Samsung S3 through the S4 and then moving on to Pixel phones. Like many Android users, I've relied on classic Google apps such as Gmail, Drive, Hangouts, Calendar, and Photos. The Google Photos app is particularly great, offering excellent categorization, sorting features, and automatic cloud backups.