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Re: I quit my job to make free web tools

#101

Post by pul » Fri, Feb 18, 2022, 9:47 AM UTC

jjav wrote: post #97

Maybe this is a "who whould ever use dropbox" question? I'm curious what is the use case for something like nslookup.io since I can more conveniently get the same info from the CLI? In any case congratulations for finding a use case!

> conveniently

For many people it's more convenient to do DNS lookups on nslookup.io than googling the syntax and order of dig arguments, opening a terminal and entering it themselves. Plus, it can be convenient to get an overview of the popular record types, instead of doing 7 dig queries yourself.

> the same info

Nslookup.io provides more info than dig/nslookup CLIs: info about the A/AAAA IPs, logos for hosting providers, parsing DNS records, and more to come ;)

> In any case congratulations for finding a use case!

Thank you!

Re: I quit my job to make free web tools

#102

Post by XCSme » Fri, Feb 18, 2022, 10:24 AM UTC

pul wrote: post #99

XCSme wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a side-note, as soon as I added some DNS A records pointing to a testing server, it started getting spammed by bots trying to hack into the server (accessing all sorts of random paths that might be exposed, like .env or common PHP files). Not sure what the solution to this is, apart from not adding DNS records for testing servers, maybe only allow access to the server from specific IPs? But that makes testing hard…

I'd be surprised if it was caused by adding the DNS record, and not for example you visiting the test site. In any case, sooner or later those attacks will come, so omitting a DNS A record won't cure it.

How would me visiting the site ping the bots about its existence?

Re: I quit my job to make free web tools

#103

Post by durmonski » Fri, Feb 18, 2022, 2:48 PM UTC

Hey. I'm cheering for you. Wishing you a lot of success! :))) Hopefully the next post will be about how you now make 4000 a month.

Re: I quit my job to make free web tools

#104

Post by mattsnuts » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:18 PM UTC

text2db wrote: post #5

I hope that you make more than your salary, how did you attract users to website? Its very hard to get users to visit your site. I have posted my site ( https://text2db.com/ ) on hackernews, product hunt and reddit for getting reviews but got very few views (guess the idea is bad?), please do recommend me tips on how to increase traffic for site. Thanks.

I’ll bite.

Your opening paragraph is full of bad grammar and punctuation errors, which will instantly turn many people off.

> Reduce your time to create database , write down your database name,tables and foreign key in simple text with pre defined symbols and convert it into database script. paste that script in your development environment

Re: I quit my job to make free web tools

#105

Post by text2db » Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 6:43 PM UTC

mattsnuts wrote: post #104

text2db wrote: post #5

I hope that you make more than your salary, how did you attract users to website? Its very hard to get users to visit your site. I have posted my site ( https://text2db.com/ ) on hackernews, product hunt and reddit for getting reviews but got very few views (guess the idea is bad?), please do recommend me tips on how to increase traffic for site. Thanks.

I’ll bite. Your opening paragraph is full of bad grammar and punctuation errors, which will instantly turn many people off. > Reduce your time to create database , write down your database name,tables and foreign key in simple text with pre defined symbols and convert it into database script. paste that script in your development environment

Thanks, I like that bite :) .

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