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Use Markdown. There are zero disadvantages when compared to pure text files as it's plain text but with syntax and extra features on some text editors. The mai
by lobocinza 5y ago
Use Markdown. There are zero disadvantages when compared to pure text files as it's plain text but with syntax and extra features on some text editors.
The main advantages of writing plain text files:
- source control
- view/edit anywhere
- doesn't get deprecated (Lindy effect)
- easy to share
- small size
There's no reason to use suites like MS Office and Google Drive unless your team is routinely using it or you need a WYSIWYG editor for publishing. Google Drive sometimes is bad for collaboration, user has to open link, login or install app compared to just sending the damn text. And, for the latter, just do all the creative writing in plain text and later format it or you will lose countless time fixing text formatting.
- anamax 5y agoGoogle Drive is bad because: [1] Google may deprecate it or go away. [2] Google may decide that it doesn't want you as a user.
- seanw444 5y ago[3] Google may decide your data is too scrumptious to not take a peek, and possibly sell to the highest bidder.
- pradn 5y agoOne issue with Markdown is that there's many flavors with subtle differences in parsing/interpretation. If you're looking to be able to parse the file in the future, you have to be careful to pick a flavor with wide support or to stick to the most common features of Markdown.
- lobocinza 5y agoGithub Flavored Markdown (GFM) is almost a de facto standard nowadays.