Category: Side Project - Page 4
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Url Shortener Link History
I recently added a new feature to my URL shortener extension that will show you the history of your short links. Just click on the history icon, and a list of the past 20 short URLs will appear. You can then click on...
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Compress and Upload Images using NativeScript
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been working on a new iOS and Android app using NativeScript. One of the requirements is to compress and upload images. I figured this would be pretty straightforward but...
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Alternatives to Bitly
Since Goo.gl shut down back in March 2019, there have not been many other options for shortening URLs. Bitly and Rebrandly are the top companies in the link shortening space but I believe they are too expensive and...
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Handle Long URL Redirects NGINX
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been working on a URL Shortener Service . When testing the ability to shorten really long urls (over 3500+ characters) I ran into an issue I had never seen before. When trying to...
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Introducing T.LY
Over the past several months, I have been working on a Link Shortener Extension for ( Chrome | Firefox | Edge | Opera )which has grown to over 400,000 users! The feedback has been great and many users love how simple...
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Has Everything Already Been Invented?
There is a famous quote “Everything that can be invented has been invented” believed to be by Charles H. Duell a commissioner of US patent office from 1889. Even though this quote is not accurate, it shows that many...
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Blank New Tab Extension
Have you ever been blinded by the white background in chrome? If so, you will like blank tab extension , which replaces your new tab with a blank dark page. BlankTab will not slow down your browser and requires...
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Seth’s First, ten
Seth’s post titled First, ten from back in 2009 is still relevant today. If you are building a product, finding your first ten users can be challenging but they are the first step to 100 then a 1,000 and so on. Plan...
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Weather Extension Status Page
When managing multiple websites, apps, and extensions it is important to know when a site is down before your users have to alert you. Currently, I use UptimeRobot to monitor all my websites etc. It’s a great service...
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How to Unshorten Short Urls
Several months ago I created a site called LinkUnshorten with the goal to guard people against short links from sites like goo.gl, bit.ly, tinyurl etc. Url shorteners are great but they do have the risk of...
