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Notes on markdown, mobile reading, and building Alku.

• July 21, 2026 · Portability · 11 min read

  Markdown Outside the Ring: A Feature-by-Feature Portability Guide

  Footnotes, math, Mermaid, callouts, wikilinks, and YAML front matter each belong to exactly one tool. Nobody owns the spec. Here is what silently breaks when a file moves.

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• July 13, 2026 · History · 8 min read

  There Is No Markdown Standard

  Its creator refused to write one. The committee that tried was forced to rename its spec twice in 48 hours. Then GitHub settled the question without asking anyone.

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