Hello World

Friday, June 13, 2025 | Authored by Jake Bodea

Ok so I lied in the "no GPT-slop" toast... this blog post is actually written by ChatGPT but curated/edited by me. I was using this markdown file in development to make sure I include every major formatting option available in standard Markdown syntax for future blogs.


1. Text Styles

  • Italic using asterisks
  • Italic using underscores
  • Bold using double asterisks
  • Bold using double underscores
  • Bold Italic
  • Strikethrough

2. Headings

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5
Heading 6

3. Blockquote

"Markdown is not a replacement for HTML, but it's a great way to write content for the web." — John Gruber


4. Lists

Unordered List

  • Item 1

    • Subitem 1a

    • Subitem 1b

      • Subsubitem 1b1
  • Item 2

Ordered List

  1. First item

  2. Second item

    1. Subitem 2.1
    2. Subitem 2.2
  3. Third item


5. Task List

  • Write a Markdown demo
  • Include all formatting
  • Drink coffee ☕

6. Code

Inline code

You can use inline code like const x = 42;.

Code block (fenced)

Javascript
function greet(name) {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}
Python
import * from random_file

print("heyyyy world")

7. Horizontal Rule


8. Link and Image

Visit OpenAI

Markdown Logo


9. Table

SyntaxDescriptionExample
HeaderTitleText
ItalicBoldCode

10. Escaping Characters

Use a backslash to escape Markdown characters: *not italic* # not a heading `not code`


11. LaTeX

Here's some example LaTeX content:


OK awesome, I'm glad it works. More blogs to come then!