signalDEV Community2026-10-03
Nine templates, 255 lines: what I measured before calling it a system
The author measured their Obsidian template pack Working Notes, sold for $6, and found 9 files, 255 lines, 114 placeholders, 15 checkboxes, and 9,837 bytes. The longest file (area-dashboard) is used least, while the shortest (daily-journal) is used daily. The pack requires no plugins and features a decision log table in project-note with a 'why' column as the key structural element.
- for who
- Obsidian users and template designers evaluating or creating template packs.
- what changes
- Buyers and creators can now evaluate template packs quantitatively, using placeholder density and checkbox placement to judge usability.
- to do
- Run the same measurements (line counts, placeholders, checkboxes) on any template pack before buying or designing one.
key points
- The Working Notes pack has 9 files, 255 lines, 114 placeholders, and costs $6
- area-dashboard (37 lines) used least, daily-journal (23 lines) used daily
- No plugins needed; project-note's decision log with 'why' column is key
#obsidian templates#product design#one-person company
score
score 6 out of 10. 0-10: how dense the facts are, multiplied by how much you can do with them after reading. 8+ means the topic's evidence bar is met: benchmarks and availability for a new model, amount and investors for a funding round, revenue figures for a solo-money story. Below 5 an item does not enter the digest. A press release scores 3 or less, a reprint loses 2, anything older than 14 days loses 1, a headline that misleads loses 3.
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