The age of Markdown #

In late 2024, Microsoft released microsoft/markitdown, a tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.

PlanetScale uses MARKDOWN for its’ marketing pages.

planetscale uses markdown for marketing pages

Also my friend Jeremy Smith built Liminal Forum that features a custom markdown editor.

marksmith-liminal

At Rails World 2024 DHH teased House (MD), a new markdown editor for Rails.

marksmith-dhh-house-md

Sneek peak:

marksmith-dhh-house-md-preview

Marksmith by Avo #

Nobody knows when House (MD) will actually be released, but in the meantime Avo built Marksmith, a markdown editor for Rails.

marksmith-announcement

I plan to integrate it into SupeRails soon.