[mooted1]

Disappointed to see the usual onslaught of HN cynicism.

"Product doesn't meet my narrow expectations; is bad product."

1. We use Slab. It's a fairly ok product in a crowded space. Needs maturity. Far better than confluence.

2. I have had no experience with the lag that another commenter insists is a product killer, and I write and edit docs all day.

3. The niche this product and others like it solve is to keep your entire company's docs organized and discoverable. Remembering to file things away correctly, share content, and do full text search on google drive is... not a good experience.

4. Editor is pretty solid and responsive. If you know markdown it's a breeze. Literally can't understand why you'd want to edit raw markdown when the WYSIWYG reflects markdown syntax as well as it does.

[igetspam]

Your criticism of the criticism is disappointing too. Because you "can't understand why you'd want to edit raw markdown" means you don't understand the audience. I edit in raw markdown because it's faster for me, especially when I need to make changes and it's 100% predictable. I can't understand why you'd want to edit in a WYSIWYG when the end result reflects the stylistic and user experience whims of some development team.

See how that works? Markup is always predictable, keyboard shortcuts have to be learnes for every new system and if their keyboard shortcuts aren't sufficient and I have to touch my mouse, then it's a bad product. (I'm looking at you, Atlassian. Always looking at you.)