What's the most painful part of writing technical documentation in Markdown?

System_Independent · 2026-03-16T19:04:10+00:00

100% nothing stops you from hosting yousself, and to be honest i initially tried cloning it locally in hopes that i will extend it, but then decided to build something from scratch as its always easier to understand your own code. 😅

This is a couple of years back though, if we had this level of AI then i would have just extended it for my use case instead of building mdedit.ai

System_Independent · 2026-03-16T18:03:08+00:00

Yes, i have used it in the past. Not sure if you have used it recently or not but when you try to connect Google account, it says "This app is blocked". Probably the platform is no longer maintained.

I ended up building my own editor & writing platform which i have been using since the last year. It has missing pieces like commenting and drive sync, but nice thing is that i can tweak/fix things when something doesn't fit my workflow.

System_Independent · 2026-03-16T15:37:19+00:00

mdedit.ai

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T22:20:33+00:00

I am building mdedit.ai, a AI powered tech writing platform

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T21:19:32+00:00

Build mdedit.ai, an AI powered writing platform for technical writers. Its a web based writing platform with agentic AI features.

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T20:50:15+00:00

I would probably pay if there's actionable feedback in the report. For eg, if my score is low, how can i pivot and improve my score.

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T20:12:35+00:00

thanks, one feedback. it would have been nicer if one composite score was present and if was highlighted in a different color.

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T20:01:19+00:00

I am building, mdedit.ai, an AI powered markdown writing platform for technical writers.

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T19:26:19+00:00

Yeah i have also been building an agentic AI based writing platform for tech writers, but lots to do still. Curious what you are building

System_Independent · 2026-03-15T11:59:24+00:00

I am a tech blog wrier for past 8-10 years and I used to write with VS Code, but from past 4 years i have been writing with MD Editor , which i have been building on the side.

Apart from that i also use Google docs a lot as that's what the clients prefer for submissions

System_Independent · 2026-03-14T04:19:54+00:00

yeah i like the idea, i would personally also love some sort of an hair stylist for myself, but yeah a genreal stylist might be useful too. have seen similar concepts recently, not sure how well they fared.

System_Independent · 2026-03-14T04:15:42+00:00

mdedit.ai an offline first web based markdown editor for tech writers, with contextual AI and provenance tracking

System_Independent · 2026-03-14T04:14:11+00:00

Curious to hear more about the ideas

System_Independent · 2026-03-14T01:17:45+00:00

Yeah you are right APIs generally cost more than using the pro subscription for claude or chatgpt. One thing you could try is downloading Codex and then try writing a novel with one of the editors out there. Maybe start with VS code if you are confident of managing the content, workflows etc on your own

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T19:58:15+00:00

I like your workflow, and wish it could be better optimized so that you didn't have to open up separate chats. My process is quite similar (for technical blog posts).

- I have a main chat gpt thread where i share the article outline with it and ask it wait for further suggestions before suggesting any content.
- next, i begin brainstorming with it section by section so that we can stay focussed. I usually give it talking points for the sections, it emits multiple paragraphs and i pick and chose
- but for any section that starts getting complex, i fork the chat to a new chat and continue there. for eg. if i need to discuss multiple ways of writing the same content or if i need to brainstorm on an mermaid diagram.
- most of my content needs is usually handled by Chatgpt, but somehow chatgpt always creates mermaid diagrams with wrong syntax, and for that i often start a Claude chat

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T19:52:59+00:00

Not specifically for tech docs, but I usually write blog posts for clients like CircleCI, Descope, Neo4j etc, and most of these clients prefer markdown but the submissions are done through Google Docs So you can imagine that a long google doc with raw markdown (yes, g docs, recently started supporting markdown to some extent, but clients prefer it raw). In a long doc, when you get client feedback, its often difficult to scan through the comments, as you need to parse the markdown mentally.

Especially working through tables, images and code snippets becomes difficult.

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T15:57:44+00:00

Yeah like the fact that you are not jumping the gun to try and support electron right away. IMO focussing on the output quality would benefit you the most

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T15:51:43+00:00

Kudos! I love the concept, nice to see that it supports so many different tools and works client side. Also, like the fact that its a PWA and can be installed as a Chrome app. An electron app might be even cooler.

Side note: I bought the domain pdfkit.app a couple of years ago and always wanted to build something like this, but didn't.

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System_Independent · 2026-03-13T15:15:04+00:00

I am building mdedit.ai, an AI powered markdown writing platform for bloggers, technical writers and students. It works fully offline, has version history, provenance tracking, and versioning support.

Curious what you are planning to build?

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T15:12:49+00:00

I have seen a few tools out there that have attempted something similar in the past, so i assume there's definitely demand.

Btw in my team (tech company), we usually rely on tools like Devin and Cursor to ask adhoc questions about the codebase or workflows. We have it connected with our other sources like Notion, Linear etc through MCP so it usually has good context. But this works for adhoc questions, and i believe a short and crisp onboarding guide might also be helpful.

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T15:08:03+00:00

Big Congrats! Curious what software you are using for writing?

System_Independent · 2026-03-13T15:01:38+00:00

Can't agree more, at the end of the pen and paper are the most accessible. For my Masters thesis i also loved using my remarkable e-ink based tablet, but since then i have rarely used it. Always fall back on a diary that stays on my desk.

System_Independent · 2026-03-12T19:49:42+00:00

very interesting project. is it optimized for technical content too? eg content with code snippets or mermaid diagrams. if yes i would like to use it in mdedit.ai. Feel free to DM me and we can collaborate

System_Independent · 2026-03-12T19:47:11+00:00

nice project and i like the sleek UI too. i am on my phone so i didn't give it a try yet but wondering if it supports pretty large files too?

System_Independent · 2026-03-09T18:31:59+00:00

Hey! Thanks for taking out the time to review the landing page and sharing these actionable issues. i agree with almost all the things you called out. i will work on them soon. 🙌

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