I've started to actually remember that markdown links are [], then () just by remembering that "the parentheses stuff is the Extra Bits that you're adding on" and then just knowing that links need [] as well, so if they're not last then they have to be first
Like saying something like "I really love pizza (but ice cream is really good too)" or "the steam deck is really nice (though sometimes it's annoying Fighting with it like a PC instead of it just working like a console)", the parentheses are always at the end and like an extra thought
it's the dumbest way of remembering it but it works