Rules I follow:

1. lowercase-with-hyphens (my-essay.md, not My Essay.md) — cross-platform, URL-safe
2. No date prefix — date changes shouldn't ripple to filename + URL
3. Slug never changes — once published, name is locked. Title can change, slug can't.
4. CN names only in vault, mapped to en-style slugs at publish
5. Descriptive over categorical — why-i-deleted-twitter, not social-media-thoughts

Permalinks expands on the URL design promise. Filenames are URL sources — bad filenames pollute downstream.

Anti-patterns#

• notes-1.md, notes-2.md: never know which is which
• final.md, final-final.md, final-final-actually.md: laugh, but I've seen it
• untitled-2.md: editor default-name hell

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