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Dev tools · January 26, 2026

HM

Hybrid Markdown Editing

Here's a game my kids and I vibe coded, inspired by another game I saw here a couple of days ago. This one is supposed to be hard, but not hard to understand, and it's cooler on mobile. This was my first pure vibe-code-and-I'll-never-look-into-the-code experience. I've been developing for more than 40 years, so it's not natural to me. I'm pretty impressed so far. Feedback is very welcomed.

Hybrid Markdown Editing launched on January 26, 2026 with 10 votes, #1,059 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

In plain words

Hybrid Markdown Editing is a markdown editor that displays rendered previews for lines not currently being edited while showing raw markdown syntax for the active line or block. This approach lets writers see formatted output and edit source code simultaneously, making it useful for anyone creating markdown documents who wants to work efficiently without switching between editing and preview modes.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

In the maker’s words, at launch

Shows rendered preview for unfocused lines and raw markdown for the line or block being edited.

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