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philosophy· Jun 13, 2026·

Why I built Donkey

Obsidian is great, but two regrets: AI can’t use it, and Electron is heavy.

You like Obsidian, but two regrets: AI can’t get in, and Electron eats memory.

So I rewrote the engine in Rust, kept local Markdown and wikilinks, and let AI work directly via CLI / MCP.