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Doesn't matter the level of support, the CEO of Cloudflare was involved and still ended up bringing politics into infrastructure.
Who is a good/trustworthy registrar then?
Amazon Route 53. Full blown registrar.
Google .dev domain early access
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That's why I was editing it with vim. I manually added the two dozen or so names and put them in my team's git repo. .test doesn't convey the meaning I intended.
Ok, but you are wrong, just like the folks who insist on using clever DoD IP addresses instead of RFC 1918.
At least you aren't directly accusing me of failing to RTFM!
I've been vaguely aware of what's in that RFC, but I don't think reserving those TLDs for local stuff means that other TLDs are off limits. I certainly don't use example.com for all example emails. Developer happiness comes first.
I got burned by going with domains outside that doc, but I think the blame goes on Google, not on those who decided to use .dev without making it an official standard. I think if it was an official standard Google might still have muscled their way into getting .dev, and I wouldn't be surprised if they do the same with .test in the future.
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#423Having used "sudo vi /etc/hosts" to add .dev domains, this gets no I'm going to avoid buying one, but if there are any popular .dev domains I hope I will forget about it before long. I don't want negative feelings from this so often. On the other hand there are plenty of reminders of negative things in politics and the environment, so I guess I've gotten used to it and developed outrage fatigue.
We have RFCs for a reason, so people follow predictable behavior everywhere. And so you don’t build up a ton of work/customization and then suddenly have a surprise like this. Worse, you embed that custom design into a system and then leave and someone else needs to fix that mess. .test is what you should have been using, precisely for this reason.
Nope. Testing is a meaningful term in software development, and what I was using it for doesn't entirely fit into my concept of testing. Much of it was just development.
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#424I find it hilarious that most solo or indie developers (who they are targeting, and the vast majority of developers) won't be able to get a .dev domain judging by these prices. If they really cared, they would have some program where they validated you were a real developer and actually put some effort into screening out squatters. Instead they have implemented a braindead dutch auction-style system that ensures deve…
Really? Because starting feb 28th it's only 12$/year, that's lower than pretty much any other decent TLD. Do indie devs really need the high demand domain names?
Re: Google .dev domain early access
#425I find it hilarious that most solo or indie developers (who they are targeting, and the vast majority of developers) won't be able to get a .dev domain judging by these prices. If they really cared, they would have some program where they validated you were a real developer and actually put some effort into screening out squatters. Instead they have implemented a braindead dutch auction-style system that ensures deve…
Really? Because starting feb 28th it's only 12$/year, that's lower than pretty much any other decent TLD. Do indie devs really need the high demand domain names?
When I think of 'developers' I don't think of corporations with a $12k budget, sorry. What was cool about domain names back in the day was that anyone could register them, and you could get a cool name as an individual. I realize things are different now, and it's all about money.
It would be like Github launching a new web site and allowing 'developers' to select their usernames on a first-come basis if they paid $12k for the privilege. It's incredibly tacky and shows a lack of self-awareness on the part of Google.
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Not sure I understand the point here, you're comparing subdomains to TLDs?
Yes because not everyone understands x.y.z and y.x are not owned by same person.
Should we design standards for the dumbest of the lot lol? Not everyone understand that TLD is then maybe they should be educated rather than appeased to.
Also it seems to be primarily USA's issue. Every other nation uses their domain for internal websites (like cats.de) where's Americans tend to just clump everything in `.com` and act all confused by simple TLD scheme.
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So big companies with big money won't have to shell out cash because there's a TM period for them but smaller one got to buck out 10,000 bucks to prevent cyber squatting ?
Welcome to the Domain Name System?
Domain Name System is an absolute cancer and has always been this way.
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#429Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? Because starting feb 28th it's only 12$/year, that's lower than pretty much any other decent TLD. Do indie devs really need the high demand domain names?
When I think of 'developers' I don't think of corporations with a $12k budget, sorry. What was cool about domain names back in the day was that anyone could register them, and you could get a cool name as an individual. I realize things are different now, and it's all about money. It would be like Github launching a new web site and allowing 'developers' to select their usernames on a first-come basis if they paid $1…
Dude, 12 dollars a year. Not 12 thousand.
Re: Google .dev domain early access
#430If you're looking for a live .dev domain (for testing purposes etc) https://v8.dev/ has existed since September 2018.