Developer & Creator

To fix the “last mile” of writing,
I decided to build my own tool.

Imgto.link was born from a developer’s blind spot when formatting posts for WeChat. It’s a story about workflow, efficiency, and scratching my own itch first.

The painful gap in my workflow

As a blogger who codes and writes, AI has reshaped how I create. I chat with AI first, get a Markdown draft, and then polish it.

But when I’m ready to publish to WeChat, the pain starts. The built-in editor hates Markdown, and third-party beautifiers rarely include the core feature—an image host.

That creates a deadlock:

AI produces the text and I drop it into a beautifier.
Without image links, I can’t insert visuals.
I format blind, like “feeling the elephant in the dark.”
Then I copy everything back and upload images one by one.

This break in flow ruins the writing experience. What I want is simple: when I’m writing, the images are already there.

The messy old flow

AI drafts content

Markdown beautify

❌ No image preview

Manual uploads in the CMS...

How Imgto.link fixes it

I tried the market: PicGo needs tedious storage setup, and WeMark is powerful but relies on overseas hosting with limited flexibility. So I built exactly what I needed.

The core logic is simple: an ultra-smooth combo of “website + client.”

Clipboard listenerScreenshots detected instantly—no dragging
Lightning uploadAuto-compress to AVIF and output Markdown links
Seamless write-backLinks return to your clipboard as soon as upload finishes
Free image hostNo config required—start creating right away

The new ideal flow

AI helps generate Markdown

Screenshot/copy images auto upload

Paste Markdown links directly

Preview the full article perfectly in the beautifier

Indie mindset: satisfy yourself first

From a product view, if you don’t know what to build, start with the pain you feel the most.

My attitude toward Imgto.link is calm: skip complicated monetization for now and enjoy the Build in Public journey. The site and client are early, but I believe:

A tool that perfectly solves my own pain will also help others with the same problem.

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If you share the same formatting pain, reach out—happy to chat.

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The painful gap in my workflow

As a blogger who codes and writes, AI has reshaped how I create. I chat with AI first, get a Markdown draft, and then polish it.

But when I’m ready to publish to WeChat, the pain starts. The built-in editor hates Markdown, and third-party beautifiers rarely include the core feature—an image host.

That creates a deadlock:

AI produces the text and I drop it into a beautifier.
Without image links, I can’t insert visuals.
I format blind, like “feeling the elephant in the dark.”
Then I copy everything back and upload images one by one.

This break in flow ruins the writing experience. What I want is simple: when I’m writing, the images are already there.

How Imgto.link fixes it

I tried the market: PicGo needs tedious storage setup, and WeMark is powerful but relies on overseas hosting with limited flexibility. So I built exactly what I needed.

The core logic is simple: an ultra-smooth combo of “website + client.”

Clipboard listenerScreenshots detected instantly—no dragging

Lightning uploadAuto-compress to AVIF and output Markdown links

Seamless write-backLinks return to your clipboard as soon as upload finishes

Free image hostNo config required—start creating right away

Indie mindset: satisfy yourself first

From a product view, if you don’t know what to build, start with the pain you feel the most.

My attitude toward Imgto.link is calm: skip complicated monetization for now and enjoy the Build in Public journey. The site and client are early, but I believe:

A tool that perfectly solves my own pain will also help others with the same problem.

To fix the “last mile” of writing, I decided to build my own tool.

The painful gap in my workflow

The messy old flow

How Imgto.link fixes it

The new ideal flow

Indie mindset: satisfy yourself first

To fix the “last mile” of writing, I decided to build my own tool.

The painful gap in my workflow

The messy old flow

How Imgto.link fixes it

The new ideal flow

Indie mindset: satisfy yourself first

To fix the “last mile” of writing,
I decided to build my own tool.

To fix the “last mile” of writing,
I decided to build my own tool.