Any file formats better suited for blogging than Markdown?

Question

Even though markdown+frontmatter is a popular setup for static blogs, it's a frankenstein monster (why YAML?).Markdown is such a simple and elegant format, my only wish is if it had a standard metadata extension.Are there more options other than the YAML frontmatter?

destevil · Accepted Answer

asciidoc

imadj · Answer

There's a workaround that uses standard link reference markdown syntax to represent metadata[0]It look fantastic compatibility-wise, I will be considering it.[0] https://stackoverflow.com/a/50783136

Any file formats better suited for blogging than Markdown?

Even though markdown+frontmatter is a popular setup for static blogs, it's a frankenstein monster (why YAML?).
Markdown is such a simple and elegant format, my only wish is if it had a standard metadata extension.
Are there more options other than the YAML frontmatter?

asciidoc

There's a workaround that uses standard link reference markdown syntax to represent metadata[0]
It look fantastic compatibility-wise, I will be considering it.
[0] https://stackoverflow.com/a/50783136