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atahanacar
4y ago
I think there is a difference between "compile once, run everywhere" and "code once, compile (for) everywhere".
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atahanacar
4y ago
This makes no sense. Voting fraud is a real worry, especially when the competition is known to have no ethics and ignore any rule they can. Just because nobody is doing it now doesn't mean you should not be worrying about it.
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atahanacar
4y ago
If all you need to do is to "hide" the parameters, you can just use a subdomain of your choice regardless of the length, like post.domain.com or a.domain.com. However, if you want an actual "shortened" url, you will need
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atahanacar
4y ago
It's actually very easy to implement if all you want is just shortening and you have the slightest idea about databases. All you need to do is generate a random string (functions that do this for almost any language are available onlin
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atahanacar
4y ago
That's why you have your own link shorteners. There is no reason to use some third party shortener that may or may not be alive the next year.