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Less is safer: How Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks

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421 points saeedesmaili | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 22:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.45s | source
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system7rocks ◴[19 Sep 25 23:16 UTC] No.45307929[source]▶
I’ve been using other apps than Obsidian for notes and sharing, so this is nice to read and consider. But isn’t Obsidian an electron app or whatever? Electron has always seemed resource intensive and not native. JavaScript has never struck me as “secure”. Am I just out of touch?
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da_chicken ◴[20 Sep 25 00:09 UTC] No.45308343[source]▶
No, it's not really an issue. GitHub and VS Code are also Electron apps. So are Slack and Discord. Postman is, as well.

I'd also be forced to ask... what exactly are you doing with a markdown note-taking application such that performance is a legitimate concern?

But, I mean, maybe you're reading this in a Lynx session on your ThinkPad 701C.

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1. eviks ◴[20 Sep 25 04:45 UTC] No.45310472[source]▶
> what exactly are you doing with a markdown note-taking application such that performance is a legitimate concern?

Launching it and expecting a fast startup.