My WWDC-inspired project. A Markdown editor for Lion
My WWDC-inspired project. A Markdown editor for Lion launched on August 8, 2011 with 75 votes, #19 of 248 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.
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This is a Markdown editor designed for Mac OS X Lion, created as a side project inspired by Apple's WWDC conference. Built by Kenneth Ballenegger, an engineer and angel investor, the application provides a straightforward tool for writing and editing Markdown documents on Lion systems. The project represents a personal coding endeavor undertaken to explore the new technologies and capabilities presented at WWDC.
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