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A Markdown File Should Just Open
Developer Joshua Morris argues that opening a plain markdown file should require no special software, in a short note published on his personal site. The piece makes a simple claim: markdown is plain text, so any text editor or viewer should display it directly, without apps converting, rendering or wrapping it first. The argument has drawn attention in developer communities, where frustration over file formats, default apps and unnecessary tooling is a recurring topic of debate.
Why now: Developers are debating unnecessary software complexity around a file format that should work everywhere by default.
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