From TikTok to Text: Starting My Journey into Written Content

For the past few months, I’ve been creating short video content on TikTok where I share my (still limited) experience as a developer with those who are just starting out. The goal has always been simple: to help junior devs — or future devs — feel a little less alone when facing the complexities of this field. I’ve never considered myself a “guru” or anything like that. I just try to explain things the way I would’ve liked someone to explain them to me — with clarity, honesty, and maybe a bit of humor. Discovering Obsidian and Simon Späti At some point during this journey, I stumbled across @ssp.sh — Simon's content really struck a chord with me. One of the biggest takeaways from following his work was discovering Obsidian, a powerful (and local-first!) tool for note-taking and knowledge management. I started using Obsidian to keep track of what I was learning from tutorials, blog posts, videos, Twitter threads… basically anything useful. Over time, my note vault became not just a study tool but a kind of personal knowledge base. This shift made me rethink how I learn and how I share what I learn. The Push Toward Self-Hosting Then I read this article by Simon:

Jun 8, 2025 - 12:40

From TikTok to Text: Starting My Journey into Written Content

For the past few months, I’ve been creating short video content on TikTok where I share my (still limited) experience as a developer with those who are just starting out.
The goal has always been simple: to help junior devs — or future devs — feel a little less alone when facing the complexities of this field.

I’ve never considered myself a “guru” or anything like that. I just try to explain things the way I would’ve liked someone to explain them to me — with clarity, honesty, and maybe a bit of humor.

Discovering Obsidian and Simon Späti

At some point during this journey, I stumbled across @ssp.sh — Simon's content really struck a chord with me.
One of the biggest takeaways from following his work was discovering Obsidian, a powerful (and local-first!) tool for note-taking and knowledge management.

I started using Obsidian to keep track of what I was learning from tutorials, blog posts, videos, Twitter threads… basically anything useful. Over time, my note vault became not just a study tool but a kind of personal knowledge base.

This shift made me rethink how I learn and how I share what I learn.

The Push Toward Self-Hosting

Then I read this article by Simon: