The latest articles on DEV Community by KingUSD (@kingusd). https://dev.to/kingusd https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4071718%2F789f5fe1-7351-432f-9da2-485f525ccd34.jpg https://dev.to/kingusd en KingUSD Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:52:12 +0000 https://dev.to/kingusd/could-markdown-become-the-next-programming-language-22jk https://dev.to/kingusd/could-markdown-become-the-next-programming-language-22jk <p>Would it be interesting if all code would just be in plain english? Its a wild concept and AI agents like claude code are using structured .md files or "skill.md" to define entire repeatable workflows.</p> <p>Markdown is not just for formating or writing articles anymore, its becoming a lightwieght way to program and easy to be understood by AI agents</p> <p>Markdown has a whole ecosystem formed around it, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and AI harnesses that connect agents to real eternal tools. AI harnessing is scaffolding a model and turning it from a chatbot into something that can actually do things.</p> <p>It has some limitations that doesnt make it a real trade off as per now August 2026, things like token cost, hallucinations and workflow entropy. </p> <p>so with vast change in technology could markdown become the next programming language?</p> ai programming machinelearning career