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Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
So the new domains have been out for a few months now. What are you using them for? I have seen a few cool ideas, like http://vart.institute and http://registered.today - this is what I'm looking for. Also general sentiment around expanding the internet namespace.
- 0x420 12y agoI'm easily amused by domain hacks, as I suspect most people are. I currently own http://jules.codes http://jules.codes and I'm not doing anything interesting with it.
- kafei 12y ago> This site is powered by AngularJS and jQuery running on the Express framework for node.js and deployed on Heroku, generated using generator-fullstack for the Yeoman workflow automator. Why not just put a few HTML files on a server and achieve the same thing? I don't even notice any JavaScript on your site.
- _RPM 12y agoNot noticing the use of JavaScript is actually the beauty of it.
- 0x420 12y agoIt certainly could use a bit more flair, I think. I chose to avoid that because the goal was to just have something tangible ready by the end of a weekend. I threw the site together while I was looking to switch jobs, so that I could at least say I have minimal experience with frontend MVC. I did end up getting hired elsewhere, so it fulfilled its purpose. Funny enough, we don't use frontend MVC frameworks at all here, but it was a cool learning experience nonetheless.
- 0x420 12y agoIf I had just put some HTML files on a shared host I wouldn't have been able to learn Angular and Heroku fundamentals while building it ;)
- kylekampy 12y agoNothing too exciting. If I were more creative maybe I'd come up with something more clever than http://word.center http://word.center
- jenmcewen 12y agoMostly for fun. I've got a .ninja and .beer. Contemplated .xxx's for my company to protect the brand against cybersquatters.
- emcarey 12y agofun trick. buy your friends name in a new gTLD like frankjones.hiphop /build fun website on said domain/buy google adwords for friends name and direct to site. tell friend to google their name. great for birthday pranks.
- tehmaze 12y agoWe just started http://bbs.ninja/ http://bbs.ninja/ to document the textmode scene history
- jevin 12y agoMy cousin has an accommodation business called Orchid Villas. So we got the domain http://orchid.villas http://orchid.villas which is pretty cool I think. I would still advise getting the "traditional" (.com, .net, etc) counterpart too.
- Andrenid 12y agoFamily has farms... <family name>.farm has worked well for us so far. The TLD becomes a talking point that makes people remember it... "Oh, no .com at the end?" etc.