Why Markdown Is Dying: HTML Is Taking Over AI Workflows | Janty #shorts

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Markdown is dying.

[00:00:01]After the people killing it, those got caught. Last week, the rig from Anthropic dropped a thesis that broke the dead internet.

[00:00:09]>> [music] >> 750,000 views. The replies split this claim. Markdown is the wrong format. For every spec, every plan, every PR write-up, almost all of it out. Why?

[00:00:21]Markdown can carry headings, bold, [music] or bullet lists. That is it.

[00:00:25]HTML can carry tables, CSS design, SVG charts, code, live interactions, >> [music] >> workflows, spatial data, real images.

[00:00:35]When you give it HTML, the agent stops faking the chart and just draws it.

[00:00:41]Markdown is what your colleague will scheme.

[00:00:44]HTML is what your colleague will open.

[00:00:47]There are five places where switching to HTML changes everything.