AI made me realize I don’t actually like reading long markdown docs anymore

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Summary

The author reflects on how AI-generated documents shift preferences from markdown to HTML for better readability and visual organization, as AI generates increasingly complex outputs.

I read an article today about why people are starting to use HTML instead of markdown for AI-generated docs… and honestly, it made way too much sense. A year ago, markdown felt perfect. Simple. Fast. Easy to edit. But now AI is generating: * full implementation plans * research reports * workflows * diagrams * prototypes * explainers And reading giant markdown files is starting to feel exhausting. Especially when the document gets longer than a few hundred lines. The article made a point I hadn’t really thought about before: Most of us barely edit these files manually anymore. We mostly: * review them * share them * reference them * use them for thinking So readability matters way more now. That’s where HTML becomes interesting. Because instead of walls of text, AI can generate: * visual layouts * interactive sections * diagrams * tabs * better organization Honestly feels less like “reading documentation” and more like exploring ideas. Curious if anyone else is starting to feel this shift too. Are you still using markdown for most AI outputs? Or slowly moving toward HTML/artifacts/interfaces?
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