Random slugs still have human readers

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Random slugs are for the moments when the keyword does not matter.

You paste a long URL. lnk chooses the slug. You keep moving. The catch is that a random slug may still be read from a slide, typed from a badge, dictated over a call, pasted into a ticket, or compared in a screenshot.

In vanityURLs 3.x, random slug generation is configurable. Existing instances can get it by following the upgrade workflow, including npm run upgrade.

Wrangler Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wrangler is Cloudflare’s command-line tool for Workers. wrangler.toml is the configuration file that tells Cloudflare exactly what Worker you are deploying, where your code lives, which static assets to publish, and which runtime values are part of the deployment.

It might be tempting to use this file to build a beautiful platform abstraction layer. Resist that urge. For a vanityURLs instance, wrangler.toml should be boring enough that your future self can open it in six months and immediately understand exactly what is deployed.

Configuration on vanityURLs

Random slugs still have human readers

Wrangler Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot