Best of Markdown — January 2025

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   Vuejs&Nuxtjs·1y

   fylepad - a notepad with powerful rich-text editing, built with Vue (Nuxt) & Tauri.

   fylepad is a lightweight, open-source note-taking app built with Vue (Nuxt) and Tauri. It offers powerful, Markdown-based rich-text editing, auto-save state, and multi-tab support. The app enables users to export and import notes easily and operates smoothly with its Rust core, ensuring speed and security. With a compact size of just 5MB, fylepad provides an efficient solution for managing notes, featuring customizable themes and a user-friendly interface.

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   Astro·1y

   Astro 5.2

   Astro 5.2 introduces Tailwind 4 support, trailing slash and external redirects, and TOML frontmatter in Markdown files. It also includes experimental features like `astro:config` for accessing configuration values and the ability to disable React streaming. Users can upgrade using the `@astrojs/upgrade` CLI tool or manually via package managers.

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   Hacker News·1y

   vijayp.dev

   The author decided to rewrite their website using plain HTML and CSS instead of SvelteKit due to dissatisfaction with the Javascript bundler ecosystem and the simplicity of their site. They preferred Markdown for writing blog posts and used Pandoc for conversion, along with Python and uv for scripting and serving the site. The rewrite resulted in a smaller site size and simpler project structure. Despite some code duplication and lack of live reloading, the author is happier with the new setup and hopes it serves as a good template for others.

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