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Jake Zimmerman

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A collection of blog posts about programming, software, types, programming languages, Sorbet, Vim, Markdown, and more.

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Reach for Markdown, not LaTeX

Writing should be a pleasant experience. With the right tools, it can be. LaTeX is powerful but cumbersome to use. With Markdown, we can focus on our writing, and worry about the presentation later. Pandoc can take care of the presentation for us, so the only thing left to do is start.