@ton I suspect your no-folder approach might be workable because your vault is all one thing. I’m working on multiple projects in my vault—three or a half-dozen at any one time, dozens over the course of a couple of years. Is your vault all about one subject?
How do you link to documents in the file system? Or do you not bother?
I have attachments inside Obsidian but I often work with them using the file system. I use a Mac; the file system is the Finder.
@ChuckHaas I view attachment folders through the file system. Often I link to individual attachments from notes, where I describe the document. I have tried creating “container documents”—Markdown documents that are blank except for some Properties and a link to an attachment. I may go back to using container documents.
However, yes, I do need to work around Obsidian’s choice not to treat PDFs and Microsoft Office documents as first-class citizens.
@ryadaj I am not technical but I have made Projects and DB Folders work. However, I don’t currently have use for them.