A file is the app

Steph Ango wrote file over app in 2023, a cornerstone idea for Obsidian. But with the advent of LLMs, I couldn’t help but think what if: the file is the app?

While working with the team from the PIlot Informatie Autonomie I’ve spoken with people from different fields, expertises and experience. Turns out, most of the work a knowledge worker does is being done with tools that are complicated, unintuitive, specialized and expensive. Want something else? Good luck convincing your boss, the IT department and the vendor to implement it.