Between Obsidian, Roam, Amplenote, and Reflect it has certainly been a golden age for note taking over the last few years. It's hard to remember that it was only 5 years ago that second generation note apps like Evernote, Notion and Bear were the only viable options unless you wanted a 1st gen app like OneNote or Workflowy.

What might be most interesting about the new set of fast moving note apps is that all seem to be built by teams of 3 or less people. Obsidian seems to have ascended to the top of the heap with a team of three and no apparent VC funding. Anyone that roots for small companies and passionate programmers should appreciate Obsidian proving that the best tools don't have to be built by the biggest teams. More the opposite.

I'm still waiting on one of these upstarts to implement the most essential features of the "first gen" apps, like inking/handwriting.

Not everyone considers that essential.

I had onenote once, realized my handwriting was shit, and never tried to hand write notes again.

Handwriting I find completely useless, but drawing on a display can be quite OK even for me