# Obsidian as a Writing and Publishing System > Placeholder — to be expanded. This blog lives in an Obsidian vault. Every post here is just a markdown file in `~/RemoteVault/blog/`, and the published site is pushed through Obsidian Publish. ## Topics to cover - Why a plain-markdown vault is a durable writing system - Folder structure and frontmatter conventions - Linking posts together (and why backlinks matter for a blog) - The publish workflow — and automating "publish changes" from outside the app - Plugins I rely on (Dataview, Tasks, Smart Connections, etc.) ## Related - [Automating Obsidian Publish from the Command Line](./automating-obsidian-publish-from-the-command-line.md) - [A Raspberry Pi Calendar for the Kitchen Wall](./digital-calendar-raspberry-pi-display.md) - [Programmatic Apple Reminders with PyObjC](./programmatic-apple-reminders-with-pyobjc.md)