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AI wants direct access to your data

The author switched from Bear to Obsidian for note-taking and from YNAB to a custom app for personal finance, driven by the need for AI to have direct, bidirectional data access. For unstructured data like notes, plain text files work best; for structured data like finance, raw database access is ideal. The article discusses the benefits and risks, emphasizing versioning and review for safe AI write operations.

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  • Switched from Bear to Obsidian because Obsidian uses plain Markdown files that AI can directly edit
  • Developed a custom finance app (Moneten) with direct PostgreSQL access for AI operations
  • Unstructured data benefits from text files; structured data benefits from raw database access
  • Direct access requires safeguards like version control or query review

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