How a simple formatting language can bridge the design-dev content gap

As a UX writer, the fastest way to:

• Get your microcopy merged without revisions
• Make PMs stop pinging you about "formatting issues"
• Keep translations from breaking in production

...is to write in Markdown.

I recently explained why this matters for UX folks, but here’s what developers should know:

3 Ways Markdown Makes Dev Lives Easier

1. PRs That Don’t Give You Hives
   
   .md files eliminate:

   • Hidden Word/Google Docs formatting
   • "Can you resend this as plain text?" requests
   • Git diff noise from styling changes

2. Design System Harmony
   
   Markdown plays nice with:

   • Storybook
   • Figma plugins
   • CMS backends

   No more rebuilding UI text from scratch

3. Localization That Won’t Break
   
   Clean syntax = fewer parsing errors in:
   

   i18n pipelines / Crowdin / Lokalise  

Free Cheat Sheet:

I built a Markdown Cheat Sheet for UX Content with real examples for:

• Error messages (!>)
• Tooltips (<span class="tooltip">)
• API docs (code block conventions)

Devs: What’s your #1 frustration with UX copy handoffs?

Writers: Want me to cover how to pitch Markdown to your team?

Deep dive for UX writers here