Marek Šuppa

Google Docs can be exported to Markdown via URL change

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Google Docs now supports exporting directly to Markdown by tweaking the URL. Take any Google Doc URL like:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mt8aYM88Jj5qkep1xYC5vj0wBlbX2u6gdxhf_puaiQI/edit?tab=t.0

Replace everything after the document ID with export?format=md:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mt8aYM88Jj5qkep1xYC5vj0wBlbX2u6gdxhf_puaiQI/export?format=md

If you use curl to test it out, you might get just a 307 redirect:

bash

curl -I "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mt8aYM88Jj5qkep1xYC5vj0wBlbX2u6gdxhf_puaiQI/export?format=md"
# HTTP/2 307
# location: https://doc-0s-...googleusercontent.com/...

Pass -L to follow it and get the actual Markdown:

Hugo can merge multiple sections into one stream

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When building a Hugo site with multiple content types (blog, TIL, links), you can merge them into a single stream on the homepage using union:

go-html-template

{{ $blog := where site.RegularPages "Section" "blog" }}
{{ $links := where site.RegularPages "Section" "links" }}
{{ $all := union $blog $links }}
{{ range sort $all "Date" "desc" }}
 ...
{{ end }}

This is how sites like simonwillison.net create a unified content stream from diverse content types.

Write the Paper First

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Jason Eisner’s timeless advice on academic writing. The core idea is simple but very impactful: start writing the paper before you have all the results. Writing forces you to clarify your thinking, reveals gaps in your argument, and often redirects the research itself (e.g. what other experiments to do in order to arrive at a coherent story).

skLEP: A comprehensive Slovak NLU benchmark

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

First comprehensive benchmark for evaluating Slovak natural language understanding. Presented at ACL 2025.

Five things I wish I knew the day I started University

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Things I wish someone told me the day I become a university student (for the first time).

How to get the most out of RoboCup(Junior)

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The international RoboCup(Junior) is a unique event. This post summarizes what I would want to know before I participated for the first time.

How I built an app for FirefoxOS

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

… and nearly funded a company.

Lavabit

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A few notes on a privacy focused email service and its shutdown.

Notes from Nederlands: take two

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Been there, seen that. Nederlands for the first time.

Notes from Belgium

Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Not being somewhere for the first time also has its bright sides. Especially for Belgium.

Notes from Nederlands

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Been there, seen that. Nederlands for the first time.

A tale of a physicist and a craftsman

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Time is the only limit when a physicist meets a craftsman.

Writing a blog

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Those who blog often say that others should start too. Unfortunately, they don’t say when.