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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by chrismorgan on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:57AM (#25113965)
Any particular reason why you wrote 1 rather than 0?
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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by Jhsto on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:19PM (#25114274)
Not really. Copied it from somewhere else where the placeholder value was 7. 1 came to my mind before 0. Zero seems like it could be UB.
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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by chrismorgan on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:29PM (#25114407)
Nah, zero just means “redirect after zero seconds”, meaning immediately. You definitely want zero.
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