https://vanityurls.link/en/tags/links/Recent content in Links on vanityURLsHugoen-CATue, 02 Jun 2026 15:38:34 -0400https://vanityurls.link/en/blog/choosing-readable-random-slugs/Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vanityurls.link/en/blog/choosing-readable-random-slugs/<p>Random slugs are for the moments when the keyword does not matter.</p> <p>You paste a long URL. <code>lnk</code> 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.</p> <p>In vanityURLs 3.x, random slug generation is configurable. Existing instances can get it by following the <a href="https://vanityurls.link/en/docs/reference/upgrading/">upgrade workflow</a>, including <code>npm run upgrade</code>.</p>https://vanityurls.link/en/blog/owner-labels-for-short-link-change-history/Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vanityurls.link/en/blog/owner-labels-for-short-link-change-history/<p>The owner label lives in <code>v8s-links.txt</code>, the human-authored source of truth for links. It is a short internal value that identifies who created or maintains a link. For a personal instance, it can simply be your name or initials. For a team, it becomes a useful part of change history. See the <a href="https://vanityurls.link/en/docs/reference/link-format/">link format documentation</a> for the full row structure.</p> <p>Short links often look simple from the outside, but they can represent campaign pages, support portals, internal tools, partner destinations, or regulated communications. When several people or business units can make changes, the owner label helps answer basic operational questions:</p>