The original Markdown was actually a very nice readable language: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/index.text
It didn't have ugly complications like inline links because it was trying to be a readable plaintext language.
But, as often happens, it was coopted by the first popular app to use it, maybe GitHub or StackOverflow, and it became the bloated unreadable garbage it is today.
fiatjaf /
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2024-12-02 15:35:54
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npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6Published at
2024-12-02 15:35:54Event JSON
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