I do agree with some of your points here @jmfayard however, there is a hidden secret that many Medium authors are not aware of. Still, Medium should have certainly done a better job of spreading the word about this feature. They only recently began to make an effort toward supporting features for developer authors, which is better late than never, I guess.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
I do agree with some of your points here @jmfayard however, there is a hidden secret that many Medium authors are not aware of. Still, Medium should have certainly done a better job of spreading the word about this feature. They only recently began to make an effort toward supporting features for developer authors, which is better late than never, I guess.
but no syntax highlighting, right?
That is a hard negative. The only way to do it, and it gets frustrating quickly, is to first create, and then embed, a Gist, Codepen, or JSFiddle URL.