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Oct 3, 2020 at 17:04
I've seen markdown projects leverage link syntax for custom extensions, e.g. [click me](button://). Markdown also supports embedded HTML. Perhaps you could add custom tags for extensions?

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Sep 24, 2020 at 05:08
Wikipedia is overhauling its theme! https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/09/23/wikipedia-is-getting-a-new-look-for-the-first-time-in-10-years-heres-why/ I have sometimes installed CSS tinkering extensions just to fix the line length on desktop, so I'm glad to hear that's getting fixed.
Wikipedia is getting a new look for the first time in 10 years. Here’s why.
Wikipedia is getting a new look for the first time in 10 years. Here’s why.
This is the first blog in a series about desktop improvements coming to Wikipedia. Wikipedia has remained a critical and widely-used resource for knowledge across the world for the past two decades…
Jul 30, 2019 at 08:49
A critique of RISC design, and why CPUs end up with custom instructions: https://blackhole12.com/blog/risc-is-fundamentally-unscalable/ (RISC-V has explicit support for extensions, so I think it will be less of an issue there. The idea that webassembly will make programs more portable is interesting.)
Erik McClure
Aug 4, 2018 at 07:21
Exploring JVM extensions to add proper reified generics to Java! You'll be able to distinguish List<Integer> from List<String> (i.e. not just type erasure). https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8204937