Show HN: Decentralized, fast and free URL shortener
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Re: Show HN: Decentralized, fast and free URL shortener
#2I found it interesting that you used nanoid for this, a very simple and elegant solution. Can you speak to why you made this so scaled down, and how you chose the domain name? I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer, which means sending a shortened link to anyone who doesn't know the domain is followed by the question, "did you send this or were you hacked?"
Re: Show HN: Decentralized, fast and free URL shortener
#3How is it "decentralized"?
Re: Show HN: Decentralized, fast and free URL shortener
#4I found it interesting that you used nanoid for this, a very simple and elegant solution. Can you speak to why you made this so scaled down, and how you chose the domain name? I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer, which means sending a shortened link to anyone who doesn't know the domain is followed by the question, "did you send this…
> I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer
Then send the entire link?
Re: Show HN: Decentralized, fast and free URL shortener
#5I found it interesting that you used nanoid for this, a very simple and elegant solution. Can you speak to why you made this so scaled down, and how you chose the domain name? I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer, which means sending a shortened link to anyone who doesn't know the domain is followed by the question, "did you send this…
> I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer Then send the entire link?
Yes, I do.