The Growing Need for Better Markdown Viewers in Software Development

Summary

The article discusses the growing need for good Markdown viewers in the software development world. It argues that Markdown has become the lingua franca of software development, especially with the rise of LLMs and AI agents that produce terminal-based TUI tooling. The author contends that the reading experience of Markdown in terminals has become intolerable, and that a significant portion of frustration about AI code stems from poor Markdown rendering. The article reviews existing solutions like glow and Markless, and makes the case for better Markdown viewing tools.