I was thinking the same in terms of similarity to org-babel (which can make some very nice runnable notebooks).
To be clear, is the issue with org-babel that it's not accessible to other people on the team? or something else that this solves?
I was thinking the same in terms of similarity to org-babel (which can make some very nice runnable notebooks).
To be clear, is the issue with org-babel that it's not accessible to other people on the team? or something else that this solves?
Yes, exactly that. Org predates Markdown, however the Achilles heel is that it's tied to Emacs. I love Emacs, but I can't (ethically and pragmatically) force any editor/IDE on anyone. And as soon as a lone emacser commits an org file to a repo, it creates a disconnect.
Markdown (although it doesn't adhere to a strict standard) is ubiquitous, and support for Ledge notebooks degrades gracefully. If one doesn't have Ledge installed to run it, it can be assumed that their editor is able to render markdown. Even opened in a plain text editor, markdown is a lot easier on the eyes than org (IMHO).
UX matters.
I think it's mainly an issue of preference. Markdown is common these days and already exists in READMEs etc. I know it so I tend to prefer it. I also require the ability to access my notes from my phone and that's more of a challenge with org-babel.