Angle brackets are merely verbose sexpr's. And syntax is both meaningless and hugely impactful: semantics are the most important thing, but we spend all our tim

Angle brackets are merely verbose sexpr's. And syntax is both meaningless and hugely impactful: semantics are the most important thing, but we spend all our time interacting with the syntax, so it makes sense to optimize for it. Webdev is mired in non-essential complexity still. Small, focused tools that let you enjoy working on the web should be celebrated. Besides, HTML is merely an agreed-upon protocol for distributing hypertext. The workflow for authoring it is bound to be very personal.