18th February 2021
TIL
Using sphinx.ext.extlinks for issue links
— Datasette's [release notes](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst) are formatted using Sphinx. Almost every bullet point links to the corresponding GitHub issue, so they were full of lines that look like this:
Recent articles
- Highlights from my conversation about agentic engineering on Lenny's Podcast - 2nd April 2026
- Mr. Chatterbox is a (weak) Victorian-era ethically trained model you can run on your own computer - 30th March 2026
- Vibe coding SwiftUI apps is a lot of fun - 27th March 2026