Working on a long Steemit post? Save the draft as a Github gist file.

I just saw this Steemit idea post by Hive account@bacchist requesting a save draft feature. I think it's a great idea, and I'm curious if it would be implemented in the steemit client code only (off blockchain) using local browser storage or if something more permanent would be needed server side. Or maybe there could be a direct integration with a certain code repository...

Either way, I thought it'd be helpful to reply with what I did for my rather long introduceyourself post. Just use a Github gist file!

Github supports Markdown (interesting historical side note, Aaron Swartz collaborated on the creation of Markdown) so you can simply create a private gist and give it a .md file extension like so:

To create a gist file (after you create your Github account), just click on the gist link in the header:

As you can see, I went through 13 revisions before posting:

What's also nice about using a Github gist file is you can send the link it to your "editor" (my wife, in my case) so they can prevent the world from knowing how bad at spelling and grammar you really are. :) Even if it's a private gist, with the link they will be able to view it without needing a Github account themselves.

Happy Steeming!