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Show HN: Decentralized, fast and free URL shortener

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I found it interesting that you used nanoid for this, a very simple and elegant solution. Can you speak to why you made this so scaled down, and how you chose the domain name? I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer, which means sending a shortened link to anyone who doesn't know the domain is followed by the question, "did you send this or were you hacked?"

I find that the main downside to shorteners is that the domain itself looks like something that would hack your computer

Then send the entire link?

Yes, I do.

How is it "decentralized"?

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