So the new domains have been out for a few months now. What are you using them for? I have seen a few cool ideas, like http://vart.institute and http://registered.today - this is what I'm looking for. Also general sentiment around expanding the internet namespace.
Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#2I'm easily amused by domain hacks, as I suspect most people are. I currently own http://jules.codes and I'm not doing anything interesting with it.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#3Nothing too exciting. If I were more creative maybe I'd come up with something more clever than http://word.center
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#4I'm easily amused by domain hacks, as I suspect most people are. I currently own http://jules.codes and I'm not doing anything interesting with it.
> This site is powered by AngularJS and jQuery running on the Express framework for node.js and deployed on Heroku, generated using generator-fullstack for the Yeoman workflow automator.
Why not just put a few HTML files on a server and achieve the same thing? I don't even notice any JavaScript on your site.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#5Mostly for fun. I've got a .ninja and .beer.
Contemplated .xxx's for my company to protect the brand against cybersquatters.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#6I'm easily amused by domain hacks, as I suspect most people are. I currently own http://jules.codes and I'm not doing anything interesting with it.
> This site is powered by AngularJS and jQuery running on the Express framework for node.js and deployed on Heroku, generated using generator-fullstack for the Yeoman workflow automator. Why not just put a few HTML files on a server and achieve the same thing? I don't even notice any JavaScript on your site.
Not noticing the use of JavaScript is actually the beauty of it.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#7fun trick. buy your friends name in a new gTLD like frankjones.hiphop /build fun website on said domain/buy google adwords for friends name and direct to site. tell friend to google their name.
great for birthday pranks.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#8We just started http://bbs.ninja/ to document the textmode scene history
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#9I'm easily amused by domain hacks, as I suspect most people are. I currently own http://jules.codes and I'm not doing anything interesting with it.
> This site is powered by AngularJS and jQuery running on the Express framework for node.js and deployed on Heroku, generated using generator-fullstack for the Yeoman workflow automator. Why not just put a few HTML files on a server and achieve the same thing? I don't even notice any JavaScript on your site.
If I had just put some HTML files on a shared host I wouldn't have been able to learn Angular and Heroku fundamentals while building it ;)
Re: Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This site is powered by AngularJS and jQuery running on the Express framework for node.js and deployed on Heroku, generated using generator-fullstack for the Yeoman workflow automator. Why not just put a few HTML files on a server and achieve the same thing? I don't even notice any JavaScript on your site.
Not noticing the use of JavaScript is actually the beauty of it.
It certainly could use a bit more flair, I think. I chose to avoid that because the goal was to just have something tangible ready by the end of a weekend. I threw the site together while I was looking to switch jobs, so that I could at least say I have minimal experience with frontend MVC. I did end up getting hired elsewhere, so it fulfilled its purpose. Funny enough, we don't use frontend MVC frameworks at all here, but it was a cool learning experience nonetheless.