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How Markdown Took Over the World

How Markdown Took Over the World  

22 years ago, developer and columnist John Gruber released Markdown, a simple plain-text formatting system designed to spare writers the headache of memorizing arcane HTML tags. As technologist Anil Dash writes in a long piece, Markdown has since embedded itself into nearly every corner of modern computing.

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Linux Rescue and Repair Distros in 2025: Your Safety Net When Things Go Wrong  

No matter how reliable Linux systems are, failures still happen. A broken bootloader, a corrupted filesystem, a failed update, or a dying disk can leave even the most stable setup unbootable. That's where Linux rescue and repair distributions come in.

In 2025, rescue distros are more powerful, more hardware-aware, and easier to use than ever before. Whether you're a system administrator, a home user, or a technician, having the right recovery tools on hand can mean the difference between a quick fix and total data loss.

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The Best Cloud Cost Optimization Platform: CloudZero  
In this episode, we speak with Erik Peterson, the founder and CTO of CloudZero, about cloud cost management and optimization. We discuss how CloudZero helps businesses understand and manage their cloud spending by connecting costs to business value, thus enabling more efficient and profitable operations.

The conversation covers the shift from traditional IT spending to cloud-based models, the role of AI in cloud optimization, and the importance of understanding unit economics. Erik shares insights on how CloudZero's approach allows companies to innovate while maintaining cost efficiency, emphasizing the need for businesses to integrate cost considerations into their engineering decisions.

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