BPbpicolo·Mar 8, 2018
It's not pure markdown, they have their own parser.
https://github.com/reddit/snudown
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snudown
reddit's markdown renderer. based on sundown.
2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
186GitHub stars
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What it is
reddit's markdown renderer. based on sundown.
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Observed mentions: 2018-02-02 03:55:30 UTC to 2018-03-08 19:38:22 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jan 29 | 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 5 | 2018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 12 | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 19 | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 26 | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 5 | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesReddit | Senior Rust Engineer | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE, FULL-TIME
We are porting Reddit-flavored Markdown parser from C to Rust and need someone to lead this project. This project will impact millions of users and pages. You should be comfortable in Rust, compilers / programming languages, and be willing to teach Rust to others.
The C version is open sourced here: https://github.com/reddit/snudown
The Rust-specific job is not listed but the closest description is here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/655395
Please do not apply through the previous link because we need to route applicants to the specific team. Please email me your resume or any questions: w at reddit.com
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)