Re:Show HN: Goat – private URL shortener for teams (ga.tc)
by tpwong on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:18PM
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Thanks for the links! I'll check out your side project :)
Using Google's URL shortener, or any other public one, generally means you don't get to choose the link keyword because they share a global namespace.
You wouldn't be able to get goo.gl/team, for instance, but you can with Goat - the namespace is private. This means you can easily create memorable short links like ga.tc/team instead of goo.gl/ql1k23.
I'm thinking someone can use Googles URL shortener instead, and share the resulting links within the team only — that'd give the same effect?
If the destination page is truly secret, then the company ought to have other access control features anyway I think.
I'd be worried that you go out of business soon and all links will break.
You can get more feedback here: https://usability.testing.exchange (it's a free & open source side project I'm doing). You can edit the question text and ask for feedback about the overall idea, and what other features people might want.
Book tips: http://www.startupwerkboek.nl/startupcenter/Momtest.pdf (the first parts are free & the most important ones). This book helps you find out, before you start writing code, if the underlying idea is something people want / need. (People, including I, sometimes do the mistake to start writing code, too early, before they know if the underlying idea is a good idea.)
Anyway I wish you good luck with this, and sometimes in the end everyting turns out to have been a good idea (even if the project didn't take off), just because of everything one learned, whilst doing it :- )