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It really depends on the use case. My site[0] works in a very similar fashion to cms.js but if you have javascript disabled it forwards you to the raw markdown file using a simple noscript tag. Sure, it breaks cURL but it's just a personal website so who really cares?

[0]: https://dyladan.me

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I get most of my useful information and perspectives from personal websites---be it various well-respected experts in the fields, or people that nobody really knows about, but have great information or perspectives.

In software development especially, our community of hackers is our most valuable asset.

Which is why I use the noscript fallback. I'm just saying it's not worth my time to worry overmuch about supporting everybody's use case on a personal blog full of half-completed thoughts. Nobody is trying to automate anything using my site and if they are then I feel bad for them. If javascript is on my site is fine, if not then you can see the markdown files. I'm not worried about anybody else.

Yeah that was kind of my line of thinking. This is definitely not ready for enterprise level blogs yet...more along the lines of personal sites/small blogs you want to get up and running quickly.

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