Introducing...
NOSTR URL shortener
A free URL shortener service enabled by the NOSTR protocol, that is fast and fuss-free, stripped of all bells and whistles and gimmicks.
It just works!
https://nostr-url-shortener.vercel.app/
What I need help with:
- community to decide a short domain name
- a sponsor for the domain
- designs and logo
- just test it
Open source GitHub repo:
Interesting!
Some quick feedbacks:
- You could assume http(s), if the protocol is omitted;
- The path-code is not deterministic, so we end having a lot of different URLs pointing to the same resource, I don't know if this is a good thing;
About the name/payoff, I would use something like "xxxxxxxx, a URL shortner powered by nostr".
"NOSTR URL Shortener" may mistakenly suggest that the url refers to a nostr resource.
The name: zippp.it ?
Thanks for the feedback.! This is the purpose of releasing this MVP. To get such feedbacks. About different URLs to same resource, I had the same thought. Initially I used UUID hash, but it’s way too long, in order to ensure all strings or all lengths can be hash deterministically. So I chose short ID, like YouTube video ID.
It is all about the possibility of a collision. If you choose a shorten id, that I think is fine, you can however make it deterministic, ex. simply cutting a SHA-256 hash.
PS: check the birthday paradox.
