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Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by hnlmorg »

hresvelgr wrote: post #31

> A fast, native markdown viewer for macOS built with Tauri v2, React, and markdown-it. Since when is JavaScript native? Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a web view. False advertising.

Agreed. And since when is forking a web view “light weight” too?

It might be lighter than Electron, but that’s such a low bar that it’s not a brag worth making.

Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by mech422 »

GRVYDEV wrote: post #27
mech422 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tend to use 'bat' or 'glow' though I've tried 'mdlook' and 'mdcat' as well.

I live in my terminal but for some reason any TUI markdown viewers just don’t do it for me

Yeah - I've tried a bunch of them, and nothing's really perfect but those seem to be good enough for lightweight use.

Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by GRVYDEV »

gknapp wrote: post #29

What does this do that Obsidian doesn't already do? I've found that's my typical go to for pairing with Agentic work, and supports Markdown well, alongside tons of other functionality.

I was using obsidian before this. There were two main frustrations for me with obsidian. First, opening a markdown file that did not live in a vault wasn’t possible. Second there was not a CLI that made it easy to quickly open files

Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by GRVYDEV »

hresvelgr wrote: post #31

> A fast, native markdown viewer for macOS built with Tauri v2, React, and markdown-it. Since when is JavaScript native? Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a web view. False advertising.

This isn’t the 90s anymore. Using the systems web view is, in fact, native by definition.

Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by jazzypants »

GRVYDEV wrote: post #37
hresvelgr wrote: post #31

> A fast, native markdown viewer for macOS built with Tauri v2, React, and markdown-it. Since when is JavaScript native? Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a web view. False advertising.

This isn’t the 90s anymore. Using the systems web view is, in fact, native by definition.

I'm a web developer too, and I would like this to be true, but it really isn't. Words have meaning. "Native" implies that you are *directly* using OS-specific API's. You are not.

You built a Cross-Platform Desktop Application using Web APIs. That's okay. You shouldn't lie about that.

Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by sleazebreeze »

zmmmmm wrote: post #19

seems like vscode + preview is nearly the same? I guess my key issue is, with files getting continuously modified by coding agents, I want really good integration with git and live update features. If the file just got edited, make it easy to see the new parts etc.

VS codes preview of markdown files scrolls very poorly on my Mac. It jumps around and scrolls slowly through certain sections.

Re: Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

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Post by GRVYDEV »

GRVYDEV wrote: post #20
alsetmusic wrote: post #18

First thing that blocks me from adopting it is lack of ability to adjust text size. I increase default text size on web pages and in my terminal. I'm old enough to need that. I can see the text at the default size but it strains my vision and is uncomfortable. Also, needs to be able to resize the columns / sidebars. I like the initial design. Hope you keep adding to it.

These are great suggestions I’ll get these added tomorrow!

Thanks again for this suggestion. I just went and added these features
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