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← Markdown is terrible because it has no standard and no two converters agree.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 21 Mar 2016 to 3 Nov 2026.

Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under design design Everything filed under prompt injection prompt injection Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Markdown is terrible because it has no standard and no two converters agree. Markdown is terrible because it has nostandard and no two converters agree. Last stated 11 years ago 21 Mar 2016 JA Joe Armstrong — holds since 2016-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The web should go back to basics: small, human-writable, no client-side scripting, hostile to advertising. — tap to centre the map on it The web should go back to basics:small, human-writable, noclient-side scripting, hostile toadvertising. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 CS Charles Stross — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Faithfulness to the original Markdown has made the CommonMark spec very complicated. — tap to centre the map on it Faithfulness to the originalMarkdown has made the CommonMarkspec very complicated. Last stated 7 years ago by 26 May 2019 JM John MacFarlane — holds since 2019-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: LaTeX is far better than Markdown. — tap to centre the map on it LaTeX is far better than Markdown. Last stated 11 years ago 21 Mar 2016 JA Joe Armstrong — holds since 2016-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The parts of a person that can be distilled into markdown files are not the most valuable parts of them. — tap to centre the map on it The parts of a person that can bedistilled into markdown files arenot the most valuable parts of them. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 KC Kun Chen — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies waste their time hiring many specialists to own every area when that expertise can be deployed horizontally through Markdown files. — tap to centre the map on it Companies waste their time hiringmany specialists to own every areawhen that expertise can be deployedhorizontally through Markdown files. Last stated 2 days ago 3 Nov 2026 DB Derek Briggs — holds since 2026-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The cost of moving existing systems to a new light markup language outweighs the burden of Markdown backwards compatibility. — tap to centre the map on it The cost of moving existing systemsto a new light markup languageoutweighs the burden of Markdownbackwards compatibility. Last stated 7 years ago by 26 May 2019 JM John MacFarlane — holds since 2019-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Standardizing document or table tooling on HTML instead of PDF, LaTeX, or RTF removes most of the underlying complexity. — tap to centre the map on it Standardizing document or tabletooling on HTML instead of PDF,LaTeX, or RTF removes most of theunderlying complexity. Last stated 4 months ago 10 Jul 2026 YX Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-07-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: HTML's built-in structure gives it advantages over markdown as a format for LLM interactions. — tap to centre the map on it HTML's built-in structure gives itadvantages over markdown as a formatfor LLM interactions. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TF Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents cannot reliably tell information from instructions, so they can be fooled even when you would not be. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents cannot reliably tellinformation from instructions, sothey can be fooled even when youwould not be. Last stated 2 weeks ago 23 Oct 2026 AK Alex Komoroske — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Auto-mode does not yet convincinglyfix prompt-injection risk for codingagents. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: For agents built on Claude Fable 5.1, it is in practice safe for now to assume they will not get prompt injected. — tap to centre the map on it For agents built on Claude Fable5.1, it is in practice safe for nowto assume they will not get promptinjected. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Markdown is terrible because it has no standard and no two converters agree. Last stated 21 Mar 2016 · 11 years ago Holds Joe Armstrong Read this korrent →