Links are the connective tissue of a blog. Here’s every pattern worth keeping around.
Inline links
The everyday kind: a regular link, an internal link to another post, and a mailto link.
Reference-style links
Handy when the same URL shows up repeatedly or you want clean prose — the definitions live at the bottom of the file and don’t render:
The Astro docs are great, and so is the MDN reference.
A curated link list
- Astro — the framework this site is built on.
- Tailwind CSS — utility-first styling.
- Pagefind — the static search that powers the search box.
Annotated bibliography / further reading
Further reading
Footnotes
Markdown footnotes are great for asides that would break the flow.1 You can have several.2
Related posts
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