Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish

(ia.net)

Comments

ggm 3 April 2025
Pandoc is to me the single most useful visible Haskell outcome. The entire language would be justified to me by this polyglot format translator
nylonstrung 3 April 2025
Good stuff but criminal to not mention Obsidian

Why would I buy a subscription to a markdown editor when Obsidian exists

forthwall 3 April 2025
I think markdown's success comes from it's open and simple standards. When things can be easily parsed and rendered, anyone can build tools that use it. When things are interoperable, the tools can change but the format lasts forever.
everybodyknows 3 April 2025
Their main product -- Windows and Mac platforms only:

https://ia.net/writer

Can't seem to find screenshots. Anyone used it?