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This is so cool. I realize this might be some sort of a joke, even if the specification part is actually something you're working on! Stranger rfc's have happen
by 19eightyfour 9y ago
This is so cool. I realize this might be some sort of a joke, even if the specification part is actually something you're working on! Stranger rfc's have happened right?
But I actually think something like a binary format for URLs that tries to be a space efficient as possible is pretty useful. At least it's something that I want. That's some of the idea that contributed to me trying to make this.
- grey-area 9y agoIt was a little joke I'm afraid, because you can't reverse the hash, so you need to store it somewhere. Most of the existing link shorteners are a variant on this idea. There are RFCs I think about content addressable storage if you're interested in that sort of thing, this is sort of like content addressable addresses if you see what I mean :), and someone else mentioned a distributed hash table, which is an interesting idea.
- 19eightyfour 9y agoYes, you totally understand this. This is a little bit like content addressable. :) Thank you for commenting, if you have any ideas about how to improve it I invite you to submit an issue or PR!