Show HN: Writemark, a dependency free web component for inline Markdown editing
It also has source, split, and preview modes, along with slash commands, tables, task lists, code blocks, native form support, and an API for adding your own controls. There are no runtime dependencies and no required framework or built in toolbar.It is fully vibecoded. I knocked something out, tried using it, found bugs, fixed them, and repeated that cycle until I had something I liked writing in and that performed reasonably well.It did not begin as an experiment about AI generated software -- just did not want to use textareas anymore.
- ▪It also has source, split, and preview modes, along with slash commands, tables, task lists, code blocks, native form support, and an API for adding your own controls.
- ▪There are no runtime dependencies and no required framework or built in toolbar.It is fully vibecoded.
- ▪I knocked something out, tried using it, found bugs, fixed them, and repeated that cycle until I had something I liked writing in and that performed reasonably well.It did not begin as an experiment about AI generated software -- just did n
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I like writing Markdown, but do not like writing it inside a plain textarea.I wanted something I could use anywhere by dropping in a single web component:```<writemark-editor name="body"></writemark-editor>```That became Writemark.It renders Markdown while you write, but Markdown remains the value you read, store, and submit. It also has source, split, and preview modes, along with slash commands, tables, task lists, code blocks, native form support, and an API for adding your own controls. There are no runtime dependencies and no required framework or built in toolbar.It is fully vibecoded. The process was very iterative.
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