Microblog on Jan Kremer

Markdown Tables Suck

2023-12-25 16:28

Tables are arguably the worst part of Markdown. No horizontal lines except for the mandatory one at the top. The only feature is the possibility to align cells.

Org Mode does much better, but isn’t perfect either.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s nice to have a simple tool for simple tables. But sometimes I need more customizability.

Use Timestamps

2023-11-15 10:12

Every blog post should include a timestamp. In fact, this extends to almost anything online and even offline.

Also, don't make me look for the date. Put the date as obvious as possible, preferably at the beginning of the post.

I was reading Julia Evans post about nix and it was not immediately clear to me if this was a recent post. Only when I copied the URL to complain about it I discovered the date there. Safari hides most of the URL by default.

Stop using Twitter.

2023-07-22 15:57

Reader mode is the antidote to bad website design.

2023-07-19 10:14