Dub
Dev tools
url shortener
SHOW HN2022
255points
207comments
#185of 2,570 in 2022
Top 8%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
5 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 41 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score -0.43.
Performance: 0 for, 22 againstIdea: 2 for, 8 againstPricing: 1 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, attractive site design
From 2 comments
Great website. I really like the globe and overall theme - reminds me of Vercel. One small note - the github stars image made me think you had 0 stars. Not a big deal, but you…
foxbee on HNCan I ask what you used to make that landing page? I've seen a lot of pages use that template lately and it's killing me not knowing
xmonkee on HN
Useful alternative to bit.ly
From 1 comment
I literally spent all day Tuesday trying to find a decent alternative to bit.ly. I'm so glad this exists.
agucova on HN
Objections
Site lags and uses too much CPU/GPU
From 5 comments
FYI you have some rogue script or something on the page that brings my pretty hefty windows 10 pc to a halt. It spikes my CPU to 100% and the page is in like 1FPS. I think it's…
bluetidepro on HNThe site looks quite laggy on my phone, and moving around feels janky. Could it be the Javascript that caused this?
memorable on HNNice project, although I'd definitely not use it. The website seems too bloated and as others have said uses too much ram. For personal use I just curl one of these URLs from my…
trevcanhuman on HNVery laggy - i am getting 10 FPS in your website. You should consider optimizing. Good project, congrats!
zicxor on HNYour site is completely killing my browser.
Komodai on HN
Abuse and spam risk for free short links
From 3 comments
Do you have any mechanisms to handle abuse? That's a common problem in the URL shortener space, and usually leads to them getting blocked from most platforms.
jackson1442 on HNGood luck on your link shortener project! I made an open source link shortener many years ago and eventually threw in the towel and quit. The problem domain for link shorteners…
overshard on HNI ran a variation of something like this myself for years. Eventually, the site was routinely being used for spam-style (e.g., a link to some illegal data, or some advertisement…
aliljet on HN
Link shorteners are unnecessary or harmful when they die
From 2 comments
I really hate link shorteners, because they inevitably die and leave a spray of broken links over the web. What’s wrong with normal URLs?
robin_reala on HNThe last thing the Internet needs is more link shorteners.
miked85 on HN
Requests
Export all URLs in URLTeam format
From 1 comment
You should add a way to export all the URLs on the platform in a format that matches the URLTeam (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/URLTeam) releases. That way, when you…
slang800 on HN
Add QR codes
From 1 comment
Just wanted to chime in and say that QR Codes are next on the roadmap! Would be fun to learn how to build those
steventey on HN
Docker version
From 1 comment
This looks nice! I recently deployed my own Rallly instance (Doodle alternative) via docker-compose and would love to give dub.sh a try. Any plans for releasing a docker version?
mnemnc on HN
Questions
How does it compare to YOURLS
From 1 comment
How does this compare to YOURLS [0]? btw, I like link shorteners for their millenial quirkiness. kickme.to/the2000s [0] https://yourls.org/
kls0e on HN
How is abuse prevented
From 1 comment
Some necessary questions: - Does this use any blacklist to prevent URL shortener looping (i.e. using multiple URL shorteners on top of each other to bypass the checking), or…
memorable on HN
Alternatives named
YOURLS
From 2 comments
Looks like a visually pleasant site to browse, however it appears that there is some lag on Firefox (on the desktop), at least for me. As far as link shorteners go, I actually…
KronisLV on HNHow does this compare to YOURLS [0]? btw, I like link shorteners for their millenial quirkiness. kickme.to/the2000s [0] https://yourls.org/
kls0e on HN
Self-hosted URL shorteners
From 1 comment
Looks like a visually pleasant site to browse, however it appears that there is some lag on Firefox (on the desktop), at least for me. As far as link shorteners go, I actually…
KronisLV on HN