[qouteall]

You can use Obsidian to edit markdown. Obsidian allows easy paste of images.

[cbzbc]

Is there a Obsidian -> Hugo/Zola/Jekyll thing that's relatively robust?

[sathyabhat]

Quartz might be that. https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/

[bbkane]

https://typora.io/ allows pasting images into markdown. I use it for my Zola blog.