Introducing my Blog
TL;DR
Proprietary formatting is a trap. I’ve created my own blog in AstroJS so I can write in Markdown, and avoid vendor lock-in on platforms like LinkedIn or Medium.
I try to publish a few things periodically - nothing fancy, just some thoughts about what I’m working on. I was a bit lazy when I built my current site. I thought, why reinvent the wheel.
We can all agree (I hope) that Markdown is the formatting of choice for technical and non-technical people a like. A super lightweight, universal way to format text and create meta-text like hyperlinks and tables. It’s why I ditched SimpleNote and Apple Notes for Obsidian. This isn’t the 90’s and there is no reason to get locked into some company’s proprietary formatting. But Medium doesn’t support Markdown! Neither does LinkedIn!? Unthinkable in 2026.
My site is built on AstroJS where Markdown is a first class citizen. The content on my pages and case studies are already Markdown. It’s baked into almost every modern CMS and framework.
Markdown support is slowly arriving in other places like GMail and Google Docs, though limited. Next time you choose a publishing platform, do yourself a favor and make sure it supports Markdown.