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by highspeedbus 1573 days ago
Obsidian/Markdown file structure is great for this. It can become a standard to "Offline Hypertext" format.

Despite text being fully portable, it is limited when it's needed to link a image or other files. People often forget how useful this concept is.

Html is not a viable option as it is awfully verbose for taking simple a note.

Markdown adds just enough semantics that is perfectly readable. From a hex editor to Microsoft Word.

We're in a somewhat critical moment, where markdown can either stay as it is, then dominate and become a godsend format of solid usability for decades, or a harmful feature is added that would slowly drag the whole thing down until the next Just Write Plain Text blog post.