I'm writing some docs in markdown, and I'm really glad I can use arbitrary HTML when I need to. It's so handy when you hit the limits of markdown (e.g. tables, named anchors, custom styling).
It's dangerous when you have untrusted input, but I'm beginning to appreciate it.
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It's interesting how [.] is increasingly the standard for talking about dangerous domains: http://evilsite[.]com
It's not a format that needs to be consumed by anything, although I suppose a standard makes grepping easier.
It's always dangerous to say "I've used this X years / written Y lines of code and never needed Z". No-one has experienced every use case.