Thread by @TfTHacker

1/6 This interview with @kepano CEO of @obsdmd was excellent. I love how centered the company is on its vision. Here are some interesting thoughts from this interview. #TfT

youtube.com/live/TkNTuFF2t…

2/6 The most interesting detail was the estimated number of Obsidian users:

Obsidian company has no way of knowing for sure the number of users, but they estimate based on a number of known factors that their user base be at least about a:

MILLION users!! Mind-blowing!!

3/6 Another amazing fact is they have 5 full-time employees.

Since they are self-funded (no VC money), its an indication that their business is profitable.

Why is this important? A company has to be profitable to be sustainable.

4/6 It also seems their goal is to NOT bring on investors. They don't want to lose control over Obsidian's future and objectives (markdown, local-first, extendable).

VC money can confuse the future and they know their users don't want this.

5/6 Regarding the focus of the company, they continue to stabilize the Canvas feature, bringing needed improvements to their publishing service and also going to make it easier to work with meta-data, since this is so important to users.

6/6 On a personal note, while developing the Strange New Worlds plugin for Obsidian, @kepano contacted me & to help me understand how to integrate into the UI conventions of Obsidian. I am very thankful for his generous & unprompted help that improved my plugin. He's a good guy!