Piotr Migdał • 2/17/2025

If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown

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This article discusses the fragility of digital content and the risk of it being lost due to platform changes, server failures, or service shutdowns. It advocates for saving important information in Markdown, a plaintext format, as the most durable and future-proof solution for personal archiving, ensuring content remains accessible, searchable, and reusable for decades.

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#markdown #Digital Preservation #Data Hoarding
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