Jan 9, 2026 · 6. Had the right flavor for every different context. Because Markdown’s format was frozen in place (and had some super-technical details that people could debate about) and people wanted …

4 days ago · 22 years ago, developer and columnist John Gruber released Markdown, a simple plain-text formatting system designed to spare writers the headache of memorizing arcane HTML tags. As …

1 day ago · Twenty years ago, a simple text format emerged that would quietly take over the world—from garage startups to trillion-dollar AI labs.

5 days ago · How Markdown Took Over the World Anil Dash’s essay on how Markdown conquered everything is a good reminder that most “standards” don’t win because they’re perfect — they win …

3 days ago · Anil Dash has a nice write-up about the history of Markdown and why it’s so important. Nearly every bit of the high-tech world, from the most cutting-edge AI systems at the biggest …

Anil Dash: How Markdown Took Over the World: As hard as it may be to believe, back in 2004, the default was that people made new standards for open technologies like Markdown, and just shared …

4 days ago · How Markdown took over the world (24 minute read) Markdown is a simple, plain text formatting system created by John Gruber in 2004 to make writing for the web easier than using …