Markdown has a number of appealing advantages for developers, used to working close to the wire in plain formats, that can constrain thinking about its limitations, promoting augmentation and customisation over more radical, but suitable, data representations.
Why do developers not question the suitability of Markdown in a space where Web content is componentised?
## Markdown is Good Enough, ish
Markdown provides a satisfactory solution for simple developer documentation, note-taking and text-based blogging served through static site generators.