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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by ValentineC on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:21AM (#25111291)
I reckon it'll be possible to "simplify" it even more for an end-user, by making a static site generator generate these redirect HTML files from markdown or a CSV.
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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by nelsontky on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:31AM (#25111381)
Some guy shared his project in this post that does exactly that! Yes while that is possible and can get to a high level of automation via GitHub actions, the point of my URL shortener was more of people could post a link easily with a simple interface (like the interface for adding a new issue). But if I were operating with a fixed set of short links, then this would have been a good method!
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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by davchana on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:54AM (#25113154)
I did exactly as you said, about a year or two ago, using Jekyll.

https://gitlab.com/davch/static-redirect

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