https://scrobburl.com/ https://github.com/Jcparkyn/scrobburl
Url query params are not popular in the front end developer world for some reason, probably bc the fundamentals of web dev are often skipped in favor of learning leetcode and all the react hooks. Same could be sade for SQL and CSS.
I also don't think its a good look that the author is a CTO and is just discovering how useful url query params are. that being said, its a pretty good and well-written blog post.
If you want to argue against the use of URLs to represent state, I would concentrate on the “R” (resource) aspect.
Navigational state need not be confused with app state. Also talking about "state" as in "state machine" etc used to sound pretty academic with obscure meaning of the word "state". When someone says "state machine" they are basically saying "I'm a PhD and you are not". There are simpler and more crisp ways to convey things rather than via obscurity.
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Which have the pattern of rhetoric but no substance. Clearly the author put significant effort it so why get an LLM to add noise?
First of all thank you for your words about the content.
I get why you might feel that way. English isn’t my first language, so I sometimes use GPT to help me polish phrasing or find a smoother rhythm for certain lines.
But the ideas, structure, and all the writing direction are mine. I don’t ask it to write articles for me. It just help me express things more clearly. I treat it more like an editor than a writer.