Markdown is enough

Every few years a new editor promises rich blocks, embeds and collaboration. Every few years the notes written in it become hard to move. The markdown files from fifteen years ago still open.

Structure you can see

Headings, lists, emphasis, links and code — that is the structure of almost every document worth reading, and markdown spells each one with a character you can type.

Need	Markdown
A heading	## Title
Emphasis	*this*
A link	[text](url)
Code	backticks

Everything else is a plugin

Tables, footnotes and task lists are extensions; use them when the renderer supports them and the text still reads without them.