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Exploring design ideas using AI as a learning assistant, for creative exploration: https://andymatuschak.org/hmwl/

Assertions are a surprisingly nuanced design space. In a test, if I assert `x < y`, I really want to see the values of x and y when it fails. Do you define an API for every possible predicate (Python's assertLess, expect.js) or try to support the native syntax (c.f. pytest)?

Today I learnt that you can mix HTML inline in markdown! For example, the following is valid. Foo <hr/> I'd assumed that you needed HTML separately, like ``` blocks, but no: https://spec.commonmark.org/0.31.2/#raw-html Admittedly HTML is very restricted on most sites, but it's helpful for SSGs.