Since MarkdownUI was so popular, how can I know if I should go with that or try the new thing.

[sshadmand]

(First off, congrats on MarkdownUI's success, and using that to create Textual.)

I’ve been looking at Textual and noticed the README refers to MarkdownUI as its “spiritual predecessor,” but I didn’t see a clear breakdown of how they differ in philosophy or architecture.

Could you share a bit more about:

• What the key deltas are between MarkdownUI and Textual "you no longer need to x, because we fixed it to do y"
• Whether MarkdownUI is still intended to be maintained long-term and how you see the two coexisting, if at all
• The current maturity level of Textual. Is it experimental, production-ready, or somewhere in between?

A short comparison section in the README might really help folks decide when to choose one over the other.

Thanks again for building and sharing this. I tried rolling my own markdown rendering via AI prompting and… let’s just say I gained new appreciation for real libraries.