# Why We Ditched the WYSIWYG

> Every WYSIWYG editor is a translation layer. And translation layers break.

- URL: https://engineering.postlark.ai/02-why-markdown
- Blog: Postlark Engineering Blog
- Date: 2026-03-27
- Updated: 2026-03-31
- Tags: building-postlark, markdown, developer-experience, ai-native, editor

## Outline

- #The translation problem
- #AI agents already think in plain text syntax
- #"But users want rich editing"
- #One format, ten features
- #The API argument
- #The rich text editor isn't dead — it's just not for this