alt.hn

3/8/2026 at 6:10:44 PM

Show HN: Lobster.js – Extended Markdown with layout blocks and footnotes

https://github.com/Hacknock/lobsterjs

by Kyome22

3/9/2026 at 6:39:33 PM

Interesting - might become handy for get-colibri.com what is the upside of :::details over html version?

by mlysk

3/8/2026 at 10:33:27 PM

This is going to be my last comment about AI, but please HN, do something about this.

I can't be arsed to read this post since the very first sentence is AI generated. If you dont give a shit about your project, why should I...

by ramon156

3/9/2026 at 1:02:11 AM

I am Japanese, and this is my first time posting on Hacker News. To be honest, I used generative AI to help me write the post because I wasn't familiar with the culture or how things work here, and I'm sorry if that was annoying. Does starting with "Hi HN!" make it sound like it's AI-generated?

by Kyome22

3/9/2026 at 3:55:51 AM

I liked your standard. For me, there is only one thing that really bothers me in Markdown and causes me trouble. It's not possible to have line breaks inside individual cells. This is the major flaw in Markdown.

by llagerlof

3/9/2026 at 1:12:57 PM

Pure Markdown often falls short when you need fine-grained control. As you mentioned, the inability to freely insert line breaks within table cells is one of those limitations. With lobster.js, you can achieve this by using wrap blocks.

by Kyome22