<![CDATA[Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x]]>Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935?s=43

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/cda6d428-286e-446f-9fd1-4a4f40831a82/curious-find-of-the-day-the-ai-community-on-x-has-seemingly-re-discovered-the-world-wide-web-in-that-it-now-favours-html-over-markdown-for-agents-to-communicate-with-us-https-xRSS for NodeFri, 22 May 2026 21:14:02 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 16:49:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 05:55:57 GMT]]>@glitzersachen @ricmac it's a promise "something for nothing" and the inept are allured by it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116548734616236180https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116548734616236180Sun, 10 May 2026 05:55:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 05:55:03 GMT]]>@mikalai @pikesley @ricmac this is so funny

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116548731089258376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116548731089258376Sun, 10 May 2026 05:55:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 05:54:50 GMT]]>@ricmac we gotta laugh at AI-bros today because perhaps tomorrow they will be gone just like NFT

we can't postpone our laughter and ridicule

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116548730256648224https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116548730256648224Sun, 10 May 2026 05:54:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 05:02:32 GMT]]>@ricmac But it seems he learned something Form the AI...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenster.im/users/rolf_b_lh/statuses/116548524596219922https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenster.im/users/rolf_b_lh/statuses/116548524596219922Sun, 10 May 2026 05:02:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 04:04:24 GMT]]>@fionasboots @glitzersachen @ricmac “from the best programmers in the world” if only. What do one get when training the stuff on stack overflow and mediocre enterprise rest applications? 🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotnroll666/statuses/116548295983042563https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotnroll666/statuses/116548295983042563Sun, 10 May 2026 04:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 01:18:24 GMT]]>@ricmac @cassidy this week i literally found a website that had a full blown photo gallery entirely as base64 encoded images. the entire website was a single html many megabytes in size.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/eljojo/statuses/116547643296355930https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/eljojo/statuses/116547643296355930Sun, 10 May 2026 01:18:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 00:29:19 GMT]]>@john.kreitlow.rocks "whoa, dude... wouldn't it, like, be strange if this was also more efficient in every other way? We couldn't be that lucky, tho. But what if..."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/slightlyoff/statuses/116547450254667503https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/slightlyoff/statuses/116547450254667503Sun, 10 May 2026 00:29:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sun, 10 May 2026 00:23:39 GMT]]>@ricmac STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS (for free)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/slightlyoff/statuses/116547427998777224https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/slightlyoff/statuses/116547427998777224Sun, 10 May 2026 00:23:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 22:22:33 GMT]]>@ricmac What is a 12116 token HTML article? Haha, I'm so out of the loop on this topic, and it makes so little sense to me 😄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.anoxinon.de/users/mit_scharf/statuses/116546951810925359https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.anoxinon.de/users/mit_scharf/statuses/116546951810925359Sat, 09 May 2026 22:22:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 22:13:43 GMT]]>@ricmac @bkastl They came full circle.

Also, they were meant, when Gordon Ramsy performed the idiot sandwich.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/dalcacer/statuses/116546917040970425https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/dalcacer/statuses/116546917040970425Sat, 09 May 2026 22:13:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 22:03:36 GMT]]>@misty @ricmac
How many tokens does it cost to generate this thing called "blog" from a post on X?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/residuum/statuses/116546877303467904https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/residuum/statuses/116546877303467904Sat, 09 May 2026 22:03:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 22:02:18 GMT]]>@ricmac I feel like the old witch in the woods who knows all the secret spells who everyone ignores.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/superflippy/statuses/116546872184181144https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/superflippy/statuses/116546872184181144Sat, 09 May 2026 22:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 21:57:54 GMT]]>@ricmac This seems like the funny thing about AI token optimization is gives them a direct measure for good coding practices. I can't wait for them to be like "I found this awesome hack where I go deep and learn the tech so that I can give the AI better feedback. It saves so many tokens!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/deadwisdom/statuses/116546854875450779https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/deadwisdom/statuses/116546854875450779Sat, 09 May 2026 21:57:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 21:53:02 GMT]]>@ricmac 😂🤣😂🤣😂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/jake4480/statuses/116546835758478829https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/jake4480/statuses/116546835758478829Sat, 09 May 2026 21:53:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 21:49:23 GMT]]>@ricmac Wait until they find out about web components 😆

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davatron5000/statuses/116546821409201840https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davatron5000/statuses/116546821409201840Sat, 09 May 2026 21:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 21:45:27 GMT]]>@pikesley @ricmac
reinventing the wheel .... after firing bunch of carriage keepers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://privacysafe.social/users/mikalai/statuses/116546805924668245https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://privacysafe.social/users/mikalai/statuses/116546805924668245Sat, 09 May 2026 21:45:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 21:07:51 GMT]]>@ricmac

This is the dumbest way to learn programming.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.svavar.com/users/svavar/statuses/116546658105517891https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.svavar.com/users/svavar/statuses/116546658105517891Sat, 09 May 2026 21:07:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 20:58:40 GMT]]>@ricmac be ready for everything canvas.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/julientaq/statuses/116546621992407532https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/julientaq/statuses/116546621992407532Sat, 09 May 2026 20:58:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 20:47:18 GMT]]>@svelmoe @ricmac

You could ask an AI to create more of them especially for this occasion.

But pay attention to your token use. Maybe you can use the saved style sheet tokens for this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116546577240314225https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116546577240314225Sat, 09 May 2026 20:47:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 20:46:40 GMT]]>@ricmac Unfortunately they haven’t yet discovered the concept of a “blog” where you can store posts without paying x dot com $40 a month

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/116546574810985286https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/misty/statuses/116546574810985286Sat, 09 May 2026 20:46:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 20:46:01 GMT]]>@fionasboots @ricmac

All questions that should not need to be asked. If I need to ask those questions, the technology is crap.

Can we now get back to real programming? (I don't mean you. This utterance is directed at the world at large).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116546572192188775https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116546572192188775Sat, 09 May 2026 20:46:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 20:43:32 GMT]]>@ricmac

Wow. It's such a sh*t show.

"AI" (LLM style) is really a gathering point for the clueless, who then make important self-aggrandizing noise.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116546562446060807https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116546562446060807Sat, 09 May 2026 20:43:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 20:26:45 GMT]]>@ricmac wake me when the vibe coders reinvent/rediscover the use of programming languages to, oh I don't know, specify the desired behavior of software

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/synlogic4242/statuses/116546496477188034https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/synlogic4242/statuses/116546496477188034Sat, 09 May 2026 20:26:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Curious find of the day: the AI community on X has seemingly re-discovered the World Wide Web, in that it now favours HTML over Markdown for “agents to communicate with us”: https://x on Sat, 09 May 2026 19:59:13 GMT]]>@ricmac @fionasboots This is the same bollock (as we say in Scotland, quaintly) all over again. The so-called "grep tax" and the cardinality of code residing within individual files contributing to filling the LLM's context window. It contributes towards "babysitting needed to get token-based generator to work" vs actual productivity. But hey! Time to make agentic automation scalable! /s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116546388187192080https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116546388187192080Sat, 09 May 2026 19:59:13 GMT