Why a blog should keep explicit citations

A long-lived technical blog eventually faces the same questions: where the claims come from, whether translated pages can be trusted, and how revisions can be inspected over time. This seeded article references [1] and [2].

For research-heavy writing, citations are part of the reading experience rather than an appendix.

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A deliberately small structure

• Keep the main body in Markdown for readable diffs.
• Insert citation keys inline, such as [1].
• Store one BibTeX source directly on the post and validate against it.
• Keep downloadable assets in a dedicated attachments section.