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Why Plain Text Is Still One of the Best Technologies We Have
A Dead Parrot BBS essay argues that plain text endures because there is almost nothing to go wrong: it stays readable across systems and decades, works with any editor and command-line tool, is easy to search, script, and back up, and does not depend on a vendor, subscription, or service staying alive.
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