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I built a 15MB desktop app that does one thing: renders markdown files beautifully and watches them for changes.There are hundreds of markdown editors. Almost zero dedicated readers. When Claude Code or Cursor writes a design doc to disk, I don't want to edit — I just want to read it. VS Code's preview splits your workspace in half, browser renderers don't watch files, and Obsidian wants a vault. I just needed a separate window with beautifully rendered markdown that updates live.Tauri (Rust + system WebView) instead of Electron keeps it under 15MB. Renders LaTeX, Mermaid diagrams, and syntax-highlighted code blocks. File watching via Rust's notify crate with debouncing. Fully offline, no ac

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