Debugging Medium Images

A Dive Into Some Odd Aspects of Medium’s Platform

Background

Displaying Images

| ![An example of an online game](/assets/images/blogs/multithreading_image.jpeg "An online game") |
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| *Even if you lose connection, you should still be able to fish* |
The table generated. The image is in the first cell, and the 'caption' is in the second.
The table generated. The image is in the first cell, and the ‘caption’ is in the second.

Looking at How Medium Displays Images

<figure class="image">
<img src="/assets/images/blogs/multithreading_image.jpeg" alt="Even if you lose connection, you should still be able to fish">
<figcaption>Even if you lose connection, you should still be able to fish</figcaption>
</figure>
Image with figure on my blog site

Trying the API

Here is what the image & caption look like on Medium.
Here is what the image & caption look like on Medium.

In Idiosyncrasies we Trust

Medium also imports and copies images, keeping them on their own CDN. This image may eventually 404 on my blog, but not on Medium!
Medium also imports and copies images, keeping them on their own CDN. This image may eventually 404 on my blog, but not on Medium!
Life finds a way

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