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Roam Research Teardown: Where It Stands in 2026
Twelve weeks back on Roam Research after years on Obsidian. The bidirectional linking and queries that no other tool matches. The pricing that makes you choose. The export trap.
Evernote Teardown: Where It Stands in 2026
Three months back on Evernote Professional after years away. The Bending Spoons era brought real changes. Search is still the killer feature. The export friction explains why people leave.
Obsidian Vault Deep Dive: 18 Months and 4,200 Notes
Eighteen months on Obsidian as a daily-use second brain. The plugin stack that survived, the sync mistake that cost me three days, and why I left Notion for it.
Notion for Teams: A Deep Dive After 9 Months at SoftPortal
Nine months of Notion Business across 15 people. Database schemas that worked, the AI add-on that does pay off, the search bug that still has not been fixed, and the migration trap that ate four hours.
Case Study: How I Used Asana to Scale Our Team from 4 to 15
Six months on Asana Business at SoftPortal. We dropped status-meeting time by about 80 percent, caught two near-burnouts via Workload view, and learned which paywalled features actually matter.