From 8a711d3ec64b0f6b2e8302aa365bf3a36c14fd2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Vogel Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 08:24:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update A brief rant about Markdown.md --- content/A brief rant about Markdown.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/A brief rant about Markdown.md b/content/A brief rant about Markdown.md index 1a48c2decc1cb..8d9e0af3e8db0 100644 --- a/content/A brief rant about Markdown.md +++ b/content/A brief rant about Markdown.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: A brief rant about Markdown and why it's the worst created: 2021-02-01 -updated: 2021-02-01 +updated: 2021-03-16 status: budding tags: - writing @@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ Markdown comes in a dozen different "flavors" each on with slightly different sy Markdown can format pure text simply and anything beyond that becomes much more challenging to visually parse. -Markdown if for people without object-permanence \ No newline at end of file +Today's most popular tools for writing in markdown abstract away the convoluted syntax behind a nice UI while still relying on a 'source of truth' `.md` file. [^1] This is a [File over app](https://stephango.com/file-over-app) philosophy and the basest form of interop. + +Look at the most popular writing tool on the planet, **Word**. Love it or hate it there's a certain ease of use to it. Markdown is *scary* to most non-tech people + +[^1]: Yes I acknowledge the irony in complaining about markdown on a statically generated site based on markdown files. Believe me I'm no happier about it than you. Sometimes you've got to play in the mud to eat from the trough. \ No newline at end of file