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Content Structure and Internal Linking for Markdown Blogs

Good content deserves to be easy to read, easy to navigate, and easy for search engines to understand. When you publish a Markdown blog, you already have an advantage. Markdown encourages clear structure and focused writing. The next step is using that structure intentionally and connecting your con...

10 Markdown Habits That Make Publishing Easier

Markdown is meant to keep writing calm and focused. Once you start using it often, a few simple habits can speed up your workflow and make publishing feel more predictable. These small changes work whether you maintain a blog, keep notes for a project, or manage a full content library. Here are ten...

How to Measure Blog Performance Without Cookies

If you publish on the web for any amount of time, you eventually want to know how your content is doing. Not every writer needs deep funnels or heavy dashboards, but everyone wants a clear picture of whether people are reading their posts, where they are coming from, and which pages keep visitors in...

Markdown vs WYSIWYG: Why Simplicity Wins for Writers

If you've ever written in a WYSIWYG editor, you know the feeling. The buttons, the menus, the toolbars that seem to multiply with every new version. You start with an idea, but somewhere between the formatting options and the side panels, the focus slips away. Writing becomes more about layout than...

Static vs Dynamic Blogs: Which Is Better for Long-Term Publishing?

If you've been writing online for a while, you've probably seen the same debate come up again and again: should you run your blog on a dynamic CMS like WordPress, or use a static setup that builds your pages ahead of time? Both have their place. Dynamic platforms power a huge part of the web, while...

How to Build a Personal Knowledge Base in Markdown

If you write a lot, take notes on projects, or keep lists of ideas, you've probably wondered how to keep everything connected. Notes pile up in apps. Links get lost. Ideas disappear into folders you'll never open again. That's where Markdown comes in. Markdown isn't just for writing blog posts or RE...

Why Simpler Tools Win in the Long Run

If you’ve been building websites for a while, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. Developers start with something simple that works. Then over time, layers of tools, frameworks, and scripts pile on until the thing that once felt quick and clear becomes a maze. The same story has played out over and o...

How to Collaborate on Blog Posts Using Markdown and Git

Working on a blog post with someone else can be tricky. You might send drafts back and forth over email, keep multiple copies of the same document, or end up editing the wrong version entirely. For developers and technical writers, Markdown and Git offer a cleaner way to manage this kind of collabor...

The Simpler Way to Publish

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