Using the filename as a slug?

Yes, this is possible without using metadata.

Open up the dashboard for your site and go to the Link format settings page. Select Custom format and in the text field enter {{name-without-extension}}.

There is a guide to using custom link formats. Please let me know if you have any questions about this or anything else

I did look there, but for some reason I didn't see that. Thank you for helping as always! :)

Alex

Ah, I remember now what the issue was. The filenames include the date so {{name-without-extension}} returns 2015-04-05.pithy-slug and not pithy-slug. I guess metadata is the way to go here?

Alex

I can think about adding a {{name-without-extension-and-date-tokens}}! For now, I recommend using custom slug metadata if you're not happy with the one generated by Blot from the title, e.g.

Slug: pithy-slug

Okay, I'll use metadata for now. If you do add this variable, do send me an email please (you already have it from the iCloud conversation).

Alex