I built this proof of concept of a tool called https://text.makeup. It is meant to be a friendly Unicode explainer – meant not just for Unicode nerds, but nerds of any kind. Useful for debugging, but also learning.
You can go there now to play (much more fun on desktop!), but I also recorded a 5-minute video that explains it further.
I am curious: Does this feel like fun? Is it worth building out for real? What would you like to see in it if so?
@mwichary Maybe it's just me, but when I see "This sequence can be encoded in a more complex way" my first thought is "I must find the _most_ complex way" and then comes the supervillain laugh. Maybe replace "Just so you know" with "<abbr title='Just so you know. This is not a dare. This is not a challenge. OMG do not do this'>Just so you know</abbr>"
Or maybe add that meme "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should"
Marcin Wichary
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