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title: '''Twas the Night Before the Deadline'
tags: [en]

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title: "'Twas the Night Before the Deadline"
tags: en
description: "Celebrating Christmas and the 2024 Holidays with a markdown-inspired holiday poem."
image: "https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rkqSe7OSkg.png"
author: ChaseHack
summary: Celeberate the holidays with a festive christmas poem from HackMD which features a Markdown edition of the popular Christmas poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
date: "2024-12-24"
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The holiday season is officially upon us, and we're here to share a little cheer. ✨ From all of us here at HackMD, we wish you happy holidays and a wonderful New Year!

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### 'Twas the Night Before the Deadline
_By HackMD Enthusiasts Everywhere_

'Twas the night before deadline, and all through the teams,
Not a doc was yet finished—not even the schemes.
The drafts were all nestled in workspaces with care,
In dreams that revisions soon would be there.

The users were typing, glued to their screens,
While visions of markdown danced in their dreams.
With colleagues in comments and I in my chair,
We’d just settled in for a real-time doc share.

When out on the workspace arose such a clatter,
I opened the sidebar to see what’s the matter.
Away to the changelog I flew like a flash,
Scrolling through updates in one swift markdown dash.

The UI was sleek, the features a dream,
“Collaboration perfected!” came a jubilant scream.
When what to my collaborative eyes should appear,
But final edits—all crystal-clear!

With a speedy team leader, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment this wasn’t a trick.
More rapid than merge requests, changes they came,
Tagged, commented, and called out by name:

“Now bold it! Now italic! Now code-block this text!
Add tables! Add headers! What formatting’s next?
To the top of the outline! To the end of the wall!
Now write away, edit away—markdown it all!”

Like stalled ideas before HackMD’s call,
They soared in collaboration, no barriers at all.
So onto the platform the contributors flew,
With brilliant ideas and solutions anew.

And then, in a twinkling, I saw on my screen,
The power of teamwork—a dazzling scene.
As I scrolled down the page, my eyes caught the glow—
A polished final draft, all ready to go.

The prose was refined, the structure precise,
The kind of result that feels oh-so nice.
From guides to design docs, it all came together,
Proof that collaboration can weather any weather.

No words were exchanged; we just kept the flow,
Filling the doc without panic or woe.
And with shortcut keys clicking, the progress was clear,
A triumph of teamwork and tools we hold dear.

HackMD had saved us—our MVP tool—
Turning chaos to clarity, simply so cool.
And as the deadline drew closer, a cheer filled the air:
“Happy hacking to all, and to all a doc share!”

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As the year come to an end, we look forward to seeing your projects continue to [grow in 2025.](https://hackmd.io/home)
