Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish
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Notes on a revolution in slow motion.
March 31, 2025 Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish Like moss on a star destroyer ‹ Previous 28 MIN READ Next › Year after year, document formats like .docx , .ppt , and pdf lose a little bit of steam. You might not have noticed… But Markdown is growing over and into the old formats, slowly, and nicely, like moss on a stranded star destroyer. Notes on a revolution in slow motion. From online tools to native apps, from GitHub to Slack to ChatGPT, bit by bit Markdown is taking over. It’s not a big deal. Hardly anyone has heard the word Markdown. But awareness has incre
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