ROroop·Sep 12, 2014
Here they are:
Post on declarative style: http://talk.commonmark.org/t/571
Syntax diff: https://github.com/vfmd/vfmd-spec/wiki/commonmark-vs-vfmd
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0Explicit recommenders
32GitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
The vfmd specification
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
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Also in these discussions
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by 6-hour interval2 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2014-09-05 18:58:22 UTC to 2014-09-12 13:15:23 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 2014-09-05 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-06 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 2014-09-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-06 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 2014-09-06 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-06 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 2014-09-06 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-06 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 2014-09-06 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 2014-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-07 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 2014-09-07 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-07 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 2014-09-07 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-07 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 2014-09-07 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-08 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 2014-09-08 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-08 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 2014-09-08 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-08 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 2014-09-08 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-09 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 2014-09-09 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-09 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 2014-09-09 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-09 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 2014-09-09 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 2014-09-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-10 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 2014-09-10 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-10 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 2014-09-10 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-10 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 2014-09-10 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 2014-09-11 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 2014-09-11 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-11 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 2014-09-11 18:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-12 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 2014-09-12 06:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-12 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 2014-09-12 12:00:00 UTC | 2014-09-12 18:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesAccording to the vfmd spec history[1] the first version appeared in july 2013. According to the other project[2], they started "about two years" ago. It would be impossible for the former to discover the latter, given that the work was behind closed doors. The people in the latter group probably did not bother to look at alternatives while they were pursuing their own solution.
[1] https://github.com/vfmd/vfmd-spec/commits/gh-pages?page=7
[2] http://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-common...
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