URLs are state containers
Your URL Is Your State 31 Oct 2025 Couple of weeks ago when I was publishing The Hidden Cost of URL Design I needed to add SQL syntax highlighting. I headed to PrismJS website trying to remember if it should be added as a plugin or what. I was overwhelmed with the amount of options in the download page so I headed back to my code. I checked the file for PrismJS and at the top of the file, I found a comment containing a URL: /* https://prismjs.com/download.html#themes=prism&languages=markup+css+clike+javascript+bash+css-extras+markdown+scss+sql&plugins=line-highlight+line-numbers+autolinker */ I had completely forgotten about this. I clicked the URL, and it was the PrismJS download page with every checkbox, dropdown, and option pre-selected to match my exact configuration….
