Why I number my posts
Plus: links of the week!
In case you haven't noticed, all of my articles have assigned numbers. This article is #22—you can tell because the url is njbrown.com/blog/22. I number my articles for a few reasons:
- They're easy to type. If I can remember an article's number[1], typing
njbrown.com/blog/NUMBERinstantly gets me to the right article. - Numbering articles gives me motivation to keep writing. It's nice to have numeric milestones to look forward to. My next milestone is 32 articles[2].
- It's easy to implement a 'random article' feature. If I had verbose, descriptive URLs like
njbrown.com/blog/cheezitsornjbrown.com/blog/tiktok, implementing functionality for retrieving a random article would be nontrivial. Doing it with numbers, however, is extremely easy.
Now time for some links of week—just for fun:
- Escape Speed (xkcd): A wonderful little game where you explore planets and upgrade your spaceship. It's very fun.
- Terminally Online (Jack Raines): A terrific piece that makes you consider how you are really spending your time.
- I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks (Michael Reeves): A hilariously funny video about a goldfish and r/wallstreetbets.