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Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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Post by swyx »

mikkom wrote: post #164
kirillzubovsky wrote: post #56

For anyone who is interested, after about [edited] 40k requests, this has cost me $10 in OpenAI charges and another estimated ~$100 in domain verification.

I created a similar service (migtyname.com and separate personal toolkit) in the past for checking name combinations and checked the domain name availability using custom code that costs nothing. If this saves you money then I'm happy. so drumroll..... here you are (whois.py is my project name for the file) import socket tld = 'whois.verisign-grs.com' def whois(domain): s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_S…

dont you need to set a timeout on this in case it doesnt connect in tim?

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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Post by kirillzubovsky »

notpushkin wrote: post #154
notpushkin wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another finding: if you use just the word “Prompt” as a prompt, it sometimes leaks some funny looking strings starting with `Prompt:` (e. g. I got `Prompt:***FinancialConsultingFirm***FinConsult.com` once).

*hacker's voice* I'm in. https://u.ale.sh/smartynames.png Edit: or maybe I'm not. https://u.ale.sh/smartynames2.png

I love how it just said "DONT" to a request to do something it shouldn't.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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Post by kirillzubovsky »

andelink wrote: post #166

Thanks for sharing this! Neat tool, definitely bookmarking. Just wanted to share as a heads up that I have a pretty strong case of deutan color blindness, and I cannot discern the difference between the “not available” color and the “we don’t know” color. They look the same to me.

Someone else here made a suggestion to update colors, and did some tweaking. Can you see if it got better? Also, do you have examples of websites that did a good job with colorblindness? I am not sure how to test it , given that I can see colors alright.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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Post by kirillzubovsky »

nufflee wrote: post #130

Why not run the DNS check directly from your server instead of going through an API? Would definitely be cheaper.

In the long run I will, but for the launch it seemed a better option to go with an API. Less chance for errors, and keeps the product more focused.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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Post by kirillzubovsky »

mikkom wrote: post #164
kirillzubovsky wrote: post #56

For anyone who is interested, after about [edited] 40k requests, this has cost me $10 in OpenAI charges and another estimated ~$100 in domain verification.

I created a similar service (migtyname.com and separate personal toolkit) in the past for checking name combinations and checked the domain name availability using custom code that costs nothing. If this saves you money then I'm happy. so drumroll..... here you are (whois.py is my project name for the file) import socket tld = 'whois.verisign-grs.com' def whois(domain): s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_S…

Thanks, I will give it a try. I am going to build a cascading approach where I will use inhouse tools to check first, and then when necessary or unclear, you other tools to verify. This would come in handy!
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