Post B27gXV4eHMtmiwjsrQ by anildash@me.dm
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 (DIR) Post #B27gXV4eHMtmiwjsrQ by anildash@me.dm
       2026-01-09T16:26:50Z
       
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       I've been working on this one for a while. The multi-trillion-dollar AI industry? Their *most advanced platforms* are controlled by a plain text format that John Gruber made up for his blog, and then bounced off of a 17-year-old Aaron Swartz, before sharing it with the world for free. *That* is the internet. Here's the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/
       
 (DIR) Post #B27gXWZsgjTZO6MLBI by mattsheffield@mastodon.social
       2026-01-09T22:39:56Z
       
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       @anildash Great piece! But as an #emacs user, I have to give a plug for Orgdown as an earlier and more robust minimal markup format.All the incompatibilities of Markdown from today are the result of it not evolving. Orgdown is far more powerful https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown
       
 (DIR) Post #B27gXaSaFo11QcyZMW by anildash@me.dm
       2026-01-09T16:38:42Z
       
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       (Yes I _did_ break all the links in the piece by mangling the Markdown, thankyouverymuch lol. Should be fixed momentarily! It turns out it's tricky to have examples of markdown syntax in the same piece where you actually have markdown content.)