The AI set up a daemon that syncs my Mastodon posts into Obsidian

Over the weekend he had the AI set up a daemon on his Mac mini that syncs all of his Mastodon posts to his Obsidian vault. Now he can search his own posts on all of his devices.

How it works

Asks the AI to set up the sync
The AI sets up a daemon on his Mac mini
The daemon syncs all of his Mastodon posts to his Obsidian vault
He searches them on all of his devices

Why it’s worth knowing

He did not export a file once. The AI left a daemon running on his Mac mini that keeps his whole posting history flowing into his own notes, searchable everywhere.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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