Ask HN: Do you prefer Markdown or a rich-text editor for blogging?

by ViktorBash on 5/21/2022, 3:49:52 PM with 8 comments
When writing a blog post, do you prefer using Markdown or a rich-text editor to write? I am deciding in one of my projects whether technically-minded users should be able to use markdown or a rich-text editor, and wanted to know the general consensus on HN.

  • by tlb on 5/21/2022, 4:19:59 PM

    I prefer markdown. I edit .md files in VSCode, while `jekyll serve` provides a web preview. VSCode has its own markdown preview, but I often have embedded images, videos, and LaTeX, so I use Jekyll's preview which shows exactly what readers will see.

    Then I push the repo to gitlab and it gets hosted automatically.

  • by j-rom on 5/21/2022, 6:01:43 PM

    Markdown. I recently make the switch to Hugo and hugo server makes it easy to iterate on writing while also seeing the preview. I think it also depends on complex your blog is. For me, a flat file with words and maybe some images and math symbols are enough.

  • by navjack27 on 5/22/2022, 6:34:59 AM

    All. Everything.

    Write in Word for spell checking and grammar. Bring that into VS Code and format with markdown and if needed html or latex. Push to gitlab with whatever needed for the post. Tell netlify to grab those changes and rebuild the Hugo.

  • by el_sinchi on 5/21/2022, 3:57:10 PM

    markdown all the way

    you can use an external editor and then paste into the blog

  • by filnstuff on 5/22/2022, 8:26:17 AM

    i use markdown for everything, i even use it to take school notes