In this article, I’ll show how to write blog posts in Markdown, structure files for AstroPaper, and ship the site automatically via GitHub Actions. You’ll see practical examples of headings, images, code blocks, callouts, tables, Mermaid diagrams, and some quality-of-life tooling (markdownlint, Prettier, and frontmatter snippets).
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Why Markdown for Blogging
Markdown is fast, portable, and version-controlled. You write content as plain text, store it in Git, and AstroPaper converts it to a beautiful blog. No heavy CMS, no fragile WYSIWYG—just commit and ship.
- Minimal: focus on words, not menus.
- Stable: diffs and reviews work perfectly in Git.
- Future-proof: content is just files.