# [Hack MD](https://hackmd.io)

## stuff to like about HackMD.io
* side-by-side view as I type
* (the "both" icon next to the pencil icon)
* easy to share
* multi-person editing

## What eric dislikes about HackMD.io
* no obvious way to self-host it

## stuff to like about markdown format
* as plain text, it reads fine
* supported gitlab, github, bitbucket, stack exchange, OpenStreetMap, reddit, diaspora, and more
* format is revion-control-friendly
* easier to hack than most markup languages

## what eric does not like about markdown
* not very powerful compared to LaTeX or html
* types of markdown have subtle differences:
* [official](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)
* [GitHub's F-ing Markdown](https://github.github.com/gfm/)
* [GitLab's Markdown](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html)
* [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org)
* [MarkdownExtra](https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/)
* some stuff which should be easy is hard
* e.g.: irritating and non-intuitive to prevent (in a vanilla-markdown-compatible way) text like "example.com" from being linked