What about using Ghost? I started with it before moving to Wordpress. It is completely markdown if I remember right. I liked it but didn't feel the plugin availability was there.
@IRJ You are passionate about computers, you love to write code. Well, what's more exciting than being able to create your own plugins.
When you know that WordPress is today one of the most used CMS on the web, it would be really interesting to see how a plugin is made and to be able to create it yourself. [Check it here] (http://bit.ly/2KxPChJ)