Markdown Mastery: GFM and Syntax Highlighting

When building a blog for developers, code snippets and structure matter. That's why I've configured this Next.js setup with

react-markdown

Syntax Highlighting

Thanks to

rehype-highlight

export function getAllPosts() {
  const fileNames = fs.readdirSync(postsDir);
  return fileNames.map(fileName => {
    // magic happens here
  });
}

GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)

With

remark-gfm

Task List

• Initial setup
• Styling components
• Write 100 posts

"Simplicity is the soul of efficiency." — Austin Freeman

It's truly a joy to write like this.