Bet On Text

Plain text is a file format readable for everyone¹. Examples of those formats are Markdown, AsciiDoc or just .txt files. Every operating system can read text files without installing additional software. File formats used by Microsoft Word, Notion or Scrivener are proprietary and unreadable without their software. This makes it hard to migrate to another solution.

Another benefit for using plain text is the flawless cooperation with Git This allows for easy collaboration and storing history for every project that uses plain text file formats.

See Also

• Graydon Hoare his article about why plain text is the best.