Developers and nerds have seemed satisfied with Markdown as a plain text format for a long time. Now, I see Markdown approaching the edges of the mainstream. I casually mentioned Markdown in conversation with some of my schoolteacher friends and one of them nodded with recognition. That’s new. Maybe it’s because Google Docs enabled Markdown editing back in 2022. Or because, in 2026, Apple Notes enabled the import and export of Markdown-formatted documents.

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