gpa VS Zato

The source code for GPA++ is here: https://github.com/chin123/gpa There is a program in there, process_data.py, which I need to run once a semester. I just download the latest data from Wade's datasets, run my program, and then restart GPA++ to pick up the new data.

https://1010labs.org/gpa isn’t this the same thing but better

The code is completely open source and available at https://github.com/chin123/gpa . Any feedback is welcome!

Yes, the article is correct, there is a market for Markdown sites and related products.

Our Zato website is in Markdown: https://zato.io

We have a purpose-built static site generator, which makes sense in our case because:

* The resulting site is very fast, seeing as there is no need for runtime generation of any assets / HTML / any kind of resources

* It is easier for developers to work on documentation because they already know Markdown

* It is easy to statically apply filters such as spell checkers for multiple languages during the build

* Various optimizations can be applied, e.g. incremental builds or on-demand builds

The drawbacks are:

* Non-technical translators may have a difficult time working with anything but either their own specialized tools or MS Word and they consider Markdown to be "advanced"

* Sometimes you work with writers who are not technical at all and who will not understand what a build system is even if they are open to the idea of learning Markdown itself

Thus, there is a market for a lightweight CMS that would enable non-technical people to author Markdown in their browsers, without a need for any command line usage.