Because it's nice to learn how to use new tools? Hadn't used LaTeX before and saw this as a good learning opportunity for getting started. I'm confused as to what is wrong with writing this piece with LaTeX?

I'm not who you're replying to but I was looking for some way to convert it to an html page. It's unfortunate that the only readable copy is the pdf since it cuts the code examples and renders poorly on my laptop.

Interesting, it renders fine on mine (not OP).

I'm sure we'll see a 'Go vs LaTeX' post before the day is done...

And I feel that it would also reach the front page :D

Why? The LaTeX required to produce a PDF like that is no more complicated than your favorite format.

Compared to Markdown, LaTeX is extremly complex, in fact, isn't LaTeX is turning complete.

It is (some fun examples here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2968411/ive-heard-that-l... ), but that's completely irrelevant to how complicated or not it was to create this document.

It's soo pretty.