🔧 Building a Universal Drafts System in a VS Code Extension — Part 1: Types & Storage

How I designed the Draft type, DraftsService, and the save/upsert flow that powers DotShare v3.2.5 — with full TypeScript code and the decisions behind every choice.


Before v3.2.5, DotShare had zero persistence. Write a 2,000-word Dev.to article in the WebView, switch tabs to check something, come back — gone. Reset. Empty form.

So I built a...