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Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
In a similar vein, but more focused around finding similar sounding names or creating a mashup of two words is Mashword (https://mashword.com). We're working on improving performance and reducing noise in the result set, but if you are patient, then even in its current incarnation, it produces some novel results.
Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
I mean, just don't use it?
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I don't see it's as complaining. OP's project is literally the reverse of taking a traditional desktop software, e.g. a graphic editor, and making it into a web app. Here, it's something that naturally belongs to a web site, but instead packed up into an installable desktop app. I'd be really curious to see the rationale behind this.
As I mentioned in other comments: I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes). Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For the long term, I don't have to worry the site is down.
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As I mentioned in other comments: I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes). Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For the long term, I don't have to worry the site is down.
This still 100% relies on their servers being up, which is no different than a website. So you absolutely still have to worry about their servers being down, which makes it pointless.
An alternative for researching domain names is to apply for TLD zone file access. "Trying to find a one word domain name," is unlikely to be an acceptable reason for access, though. I applied (and received access on my second attempt) about a decade ago for .com access. Among other things, I ran a check for any words in my spellcheck dictionary that were not already taken as .com domains. There is a reason for all th…
Can you tell me if the info has registration dates? I have a use case where I'd love to do some bulk analysis related to domain squatting, but I've never been able to find a decent way I can make bulk queries against all the services I'd want to check.
I like the idea, and would use the service, as the domain is short and memorable. But, this is a low hanging fruit for HN critics, the argument of: "is an app so I dont have to worry about a website being down" is pretty poor, you can host your website assets on Netlify/aws amplify/firebase/.... many more.... , with close to 99.99 % availability. And also provide an electron app for those who prefer to use an app. I…
They're great tools, but all went offline for sometime now.
And that's why I build a desktop app
An alternative for researching domain names is to apply for TLD zone file access. "Trying to find a one word domain name," is unlikely to be an acceptable reason for access, though. I applied (and received access on my second attempt) about a decade ago for .com access. Among other things, I ran a check for any words in my spellcheck dictionary that were not already taken as .com domains. There is a reason for all th…
Does it include WHOIS info? If so I bet it's impossible to get access. Can you tell me if the info has registration dates? I have a use case where I'd love to do some bulk analysis related to domain squatting, but I've never been able to find a decent way I can make bulk queries against all the services I'd want to check.
An alternative for researching domain names is to apply for TLD zone file access. "Trying to find a one word domain name," is unlikely to be an acceptable reason for access, though. I applied (and received access on my second attempt) about a decade ago for .com access. Among other things, I ran a check for any words in my spellcheck dictionary that were not already taken as .com domains. There is a reason for all th…