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Create PowerPoint Slides from Markdown with Pandoc

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Create PowerPoint Presentations from Markdown with Pandoc

You’ve spent the last hour manually formatting slides in PowerPoint—adjusting fonts, copying text, fixing alignment—only to realize you need to make changes across 20 slides. There’s a better way.

Pandoc lets you write your entire presentation in plain text, run a single command, and generate a professionally formatted PowerPoint file in seconds. No clicking. No dragging. No wasted time.

Why This Matters

If you’re a developer, researcher, or content creator, you already know the pain: PowerPoint’s interface is slow, changes are tedious, and version control is a nightmare. Markdown + Pandoc flips the script. You write in plain text (which is version-control friendly), separate slides with ---, and convert to .pptx instantly. Bold, italic, lists, images, tables, equations, links, emojis—all supported. Edit further in PowerPoint if you need to, or ship the file as-is.

D2 Inkscape Extension: Code Diagrams Inside Inkscape

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Generate Code-Based Diagrams Directly Inside Inkscape Using D2 — For Researchers & Technical Writers

You’ve spent 20 minutes manually recreating a system architecture diagram in Inkscape because you changed the layout. Or you exported a PNG from a diagram tool, imported it, and now it’s locked—you can’t edit text or connections without starting over.

The D2 Inkscape extension eliminates this friction: write your diagram as code, generate it live inside Inkscape, and keep full editability. No more conversion workflows. No more locked-in exports.

Mermaid: Generate Diagrams from Plain Text

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Stop Fighting with Diagram Tools — Generate Professional Visuals from Plain Text

You need a sequence diagram for your API docs. Opening Lucidchart or draw.io means the next 45 minutes disappear into dragging boxes, nudging arrows three pixels left, and cursing the auto-layout that keeps “helping” by rearranging everything. Meanwhile, your documentation deadline isn’t moving.

Mermaid lets you skip all of that. Write graph TD; A-->B; in plain text, run one command, and get a publication-ready diagram. No mouse, no layout fights, no design decisions.