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  • what is the use case of this application? Who may need it?
  • Probably easier to think of it more as a fast, native-backed library for a JS runtime like Node to build Markdown processors/pipelines or even just do parsing. (Though it does have a WASM build for browser/edge use.)
  • Processing markdown into html is a significant task for many blogs, sites, and apps. Satteri moves that processing into rust for speed gains.

    Now used in Astro 7: https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/#markdown--mdx-in-rust

  • It almost feels like a parody...?
  • Hello, I'm the maintainer of this. Let me know if you people have any questions / comments :)
  • For those wondering, this is now the default markdown processor in Astro 7: https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/#markdown--mdx-in-rust