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Apr 16, 2022 at 05:05
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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