# the first rule of Markdown

DevFeed: [the first rule of Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-first-rule-of-markdown-25346.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kau.sh/blog/the-first-rule-of-markdown/>)

Author: Kaushik Gopal

Published: 2012-04-24T07:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Kaushik Gopal's Site](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kaushik-gopal-s-site.md>)

Topics: [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>)

Tags: [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>)

## AI overview

The article comments on Markdown previewing and presents the humorous community saying that the first rule of Markdown is that John Gruber never talks about Markdown.

## Source excerpt

Frankly, I was surprised that Gruber mentioned Markdown previewing at all. If you've been around the Markdown community for any length of time, you know that the first rule of Markdown is: Gruber never talks about Markdown footnote from the awesome drdrang