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• Post #4199167

  Sneak peek: Python Markdown snippets as first-class symbols in Zensical Studio. Rename a snippet – every inclusion site updates. Type-safe content reuse, finally. 🎯 ➡️ https://zensical.org/studio/

• Post #4199166

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zensical/116839547124839290 Just shipped a massive new update for @zensical Studio! We’re pushing hard on docs-as-code: workspace intelligence for Markdown, transitive snippet awareness, anchor/link refactors, and much better navigation. Still early, but this is the direction. https://zensical.org/studio/

• Post #4199165

  Now that Zensical Studio is out and humming, I'm picking up work on ZRX again, the heart of Zensical. Working hard on closing the remaining gap to MkDocs, so most projects can move to Zensical in the coming weeks/months ☺️ https://github.com/zensical/zrx/releases/tag/v0.0.25

• Post #4199164

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zensical/116872571614501601 Zensical Studio is out, and the bigger picture is coming together. We're building the next-generation Docs-as-Code stack, end to end, and we're right on track. More in tomorrow's newsletter. https://zensical.org/about/newsletter/

• Post #4199163

  4 weeks after launching Zensical Studio, Markdown Preview is one of the most requested features – soon, you won't even need to leave the editor to get a truthful preview of your docs. Supports dark mode 🌗 If you haven't, check out Studio: https://zensical.org/studio/

• Post #4199162

  Material for MkDocs 9.7.7 is out. It fixes a DOM-based XSS issue in the optional search.suggest feature, which was responsibly disclosed to us. Please update. Material for MkDocs will continue receiving security updates through November 5, 2026. https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/9.7.7

• Post #4199161

  Python Markdown is too strict about link labels. We're working on fixing that in Zensical's new Rust-based Markdown implementation ☺️ No more [`module.symbol`][module.symbol] workarounds.

• Post #4199160

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zensical/116958142916840063 A much-requested feature is here: Zensical Studio 0.2.0 now provides a live, interactive Markdown preview. It also works with your existing MkDocs projects ☺️

• Post #4199159

  Edit a headline, save – 10 incoming links updated automatically. No need to remember updating them manually. That's Zensical Studio – @zensical. Zensical Studio is in public beta and available here: https://zensical.org/studio/

• Post #4199158

  👀 Sneak peek: A Markdown formatter that understands Python Markdown - natively: ✨ Format on save (or edit) ⚡ Extremely fast – written in Rust 🏗️ Integrated into Zensical Studio 👯‍♀️ Works with Zensical and MkDocs projects More about Zensical Studio: https://zensical.org/studio/

• Post #4199157

  Codeberg now bans projects that mostly consist of AI-generated code. It's not yet clear where the line between AI-assisted and AI-generated projects will be drawn, and how it will be enforced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8cY1DEURtE

• Post #3675421

  If you missed it: Python Markdown has documented all of its extensions as being in maintenance mode. Good timing: we just rewrote Python Markdown in Rust, and it already powers Zensical Studio. It’s 10-20x faster and will be Open Sourced later this year. https://github.com/Python-Markdown/markdown/pull/1613

• Post #3157361

  Writing Rust in Zed – boy, can it get any better than that?

• Post #2938806

  We got some heat for warning our users that MkDocs 2.0 won't have a plugin system in Material for MkDocs. The maintainer just confirmed it again and is actively working on MkDocs 2.0 – no plugins, by design. Markdown + templating only. https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/discussions/4088#discussioncomment-16917686

• Post #2109352

  👋 Open Source maintainers: what's your experience with issues and PRs sent to your repositories that are obviously fully LLM-generated?

• Post #2109351

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk/116464706924183625 This is a prime example: LLM confidently hallucinating our recommended configuration, trapping the user into thinking it's a bug. Stop submitting slop and wasting our time as maintainers! Always verify before you paste: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/8584#issuecomment-4324498173

• Post #2109349

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zensical/116493745343180648 Pretty happy with how this turned out! We found so many issues in our own docs when dogfooding – unresolved links and unused definitions that had been silently hiding for months. 😅

• Post #1640213

  ZRX 0.0.17 is out – the foundation of Zensical. This one's a big deal – the module system is here, and with it a ground-up rewrite of the scheduler and stream crates. Three months of work. Phase 2 done. Phase 3 starts now. Release notes: https://github.com/zensical/zrx/releases/tag/v0.0.17

• Post #1640212

  RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zensical/116397062264202506 We've had plenty of requests for this – every issue of Zensical Monthly is now published online ☺️

• Post #1640211

  We updated our blog article with a detailed explanation on why we believe forking MkDocs is not a viable path forward. We borrowed parts of ZAP 007, our latest proposal on the requirements identified for Zensical's module system. Blog post: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/blog/2026/02/18/mkdocs-2.0/#why-forking-is-impractical ZAP 007 – Module system: https://zensical.org/spark/proposals/zap-007-module-system/

• Post #1640209

  Open Source software wins in the age of AI – not despite it, but because of it. Extensibility, transparency, and community ownership matter more than ever. It's at the core of everything we're building with @zensical. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1xqTjoihfo

• Post #1640207

  Python Markdown Extension priorities – or – why you should probably never allow developers to pick their own magic numbers: What runs before or after what? 🤯

• Post #1023510

  We just delivered the latest Zensical Monthly straight to the inbox of over 1,000 subscribers ☺️ https://zensical.org/about/newsletter/

• Post #955979

  🎄 Merry Christmas 🎅 Zensical 0.0.15 brings fuzzy search support, and improves tooltip behavior on touch devices. The Zensical team wishes you a joyful holiday season and a fantastic new year! 🎄✨ https://github.com/zensical/zensical/releases/tag/v0.0.15

• Post #955974

  MkDocs hasn't had a plugin system for the first three years. We're working very hard to deliver a battle-tested module system for @zensical this summer, at latest.

• Post #955971

  Making great progress on ZRX, the foundation for the module system that we're cooking up for @zensical – it'll offer several degrees of freedom, and allow for type-safe composition (= plugin interop) – something that MkDocs (now dead) never delivered. https://github.com/zensical/zrx/releases/tag/v0.0.10

• Post #955970

  Adoption of @zensical is growing fast, as we're already close to 100k monthly downloads! We're working hard on reaching feature parity within the coming months, so all Material for MkDocs users can switch to a maintained, modern docs stack 🚀 https://pypistats.org/packages/zensical

• Post #955968

  Had our first open video call today! We demoed an early design draft of @zensical's module system – the optimize plugin from Material for MkDocs (400 LOC) reduced to ~20 lines with ZRX modules. The runtime handles parallelization, caching & orchestration automatically.

• Post #955967

  We just delivered Zensical Monthly, January 2026 edition straight to your inbox with the latest and greatest updates to keep you informed on what's happening behind the scenes ☺️ We send 1 newsletter at the beginning of every month: https://zensical.org/about/newsletter/

• Post #955966

  I will be on @talkpython next week, talking about @zensical ☺️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1BvvIPUzes