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0 pointsmdhb2y ago0 comments

Yes but this is the exact point.

We could have that exact same workflow and user interface with HTML.

I (presumably along with the person you’re replying to) don’t understand what value Markdown as the storage format is providing here exactly but I can think of many limitations it imposes.

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chrisweekly2y ago

simpler, lighter, less verbose, more portable, much more readable "in the raw",....

mdhbOP2y ago

Right, but the scenario we are describing explicitly makes the “in the raw” part not particularly relevant.

I’m not against markdown as an idea of file format, I’m just saying that it has some pretty clear limitations that I think are very much within the scope of what I want out of a tool like that and that weird MDX format they have as a substitute is a step backwards in my opinion.

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