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Re:Some old bit.ly links get redirected by Raphael303 on Sunday November 15, 2026 @06:35AM (#50506151)
funny enough, I just had claude vibe-code a private link shortener for me. Seems have been well spent tokens.
Re:Some old bit.ly links get redirected by taubek on Sunday November 15, 2026 @07:31AM (#50506460)
Long time ago I was looking into https://yourls.org/
Re:Some old bit.ly links get redirected by toomuchtodo on Sunday November 15, 2026 @01:00PM (#50509078)
Re:Some old bit.ly links get redirected by turtleyacht on Sunday November 15, 2026 @08:13AM (#50506709)
Now link redirect services are a signal of "We're too cheap to host our own link analytics platform."

It's kind of an example of "not our core business" colliding with "vendors do not care for your interests."