Category: Side Project - Page 5
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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 . It originally launched for Chrome , Firefox , Edge , and Opera . The extension has grown to over 400,000 users, and now also supports...
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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...
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Side Project Tech Stack
I want to start this post by saying this is my preference on the frameworks and technologies that I use for most of my apps. Depending on your experience and goals you should experiment to see what works for you. For...
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Weather.io
I’ve been working on a new site called Weather.io. Besides being on an awesome io domain name thanks to park.io , it’s a simple site that displays a weather-related background image and the current weather...
