Tako Writer: Simple markdown editor and publisher for Wordpress

Over the years, my personal blog went through many iterations, but one thing fundamentally always stayed the same and that was the writing flow: log online, create and edit the post directly into the online Wordpress editor and hit post. You may say, what’s the issue there? At its core, it’s a very refined process, but also Wordpress keeps evolving and changing and I’ve found the writing experience to be getting more and more cluttered with distracting features. My writing needs have always been fairly simple: give me a Markdown editor and I’ll be king! Yes of course there are plugins to turn the online editor to a simpler Markdown machine (and I would recommend using this one with Tako Writer), but still the friction of having to go online can be a pain. I find that inspiration strikes when you least expect it and therefore having an option to quickly capture ideas at any time was a very strong motivator for this app. As I type this, I’m on a train to London, with a very spotty connection – I had it already in the past where I ended up losing work and progress because it didn’t properly sync and I closed the browser session.