i'm definitely guilty of just dropping a link and assuming people will actually do the work to click it. lol. it's such a bad habit to think your post still makes sense if you don't explain the basics.
>my article should still make sense to the reader even if they don't click any linksthe part about ai making everything sound bland is too real though. everyone's using these tools and now every dev blog reads exactly the same. i need to find a way to inject more personality without sounding like a total clown.
im probably already doing ithttps://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/7/anti-patterns-in-software-blogging/