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Show HN: EmoLink – Novel(?) URL Shortener Using Emoji-Encoded UUIDs

Posted by baerbaerbaer on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @01:21PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://ericbaer.com/blog/emo-link

Hi HN, I've been a reader for more than a decade, but this is my first "Show HN."A few weeks back, I figured out that I could use IRI to make a URL-safe encoding of a UUID using emoji, which takes it from 32 => ~10 chars! So, for fun, I made a novel(?) emoji-based, backendless, offline-capable, collision-free URL shortener.Fun Surprises: - Emoji links work almost everywhere (but not...

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