Embed GitHub Gist in Medium

Embedding code to Medium has 2 means: use markdown style ``` or GitHub Gist. I’ll quickly explain both below.

Markdown Style

For smaller code snippet, this method is the easiest and most efficient, a general rule I found through trial and error is this method works best for code snippet less than 10 lines, and without much indentation.

def main():
    print("hello world!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

GitHub Gist

To embed GitHub gist, Medium made it super easy.

• Go to https://gist.github.com/
• Write out code gist

• On the top right corner, click Embed button and select Share

• Copy the share link and paste in Medium blog post
• PRESS Enter!!

The last step is super important since otherwise the blog post will show just the link without Medium automatically rendering the embedded link.

Conclusion

I prefer GitHub gist method because it’s more flexible for change and more suited for developers habit (we tend to be around in GitHub more)

References:
Medium Official Blog