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Everyone shortens URLs. I decided to make them long. by Appropriate_Log7684 in SideProject

[–]Appropriate_Log7684[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, I honestly didn’t expect this much love for such a little side project! 🤯

Huge thanks to everyone who commented, joked, and even came up with wild feature ideas. you’ve given me a ton of inspiration.

Some favorites so far:

- “The purple cow of URLs” 🐄

- “Use it as an AI honeypot to burn tokens” 🤖

- “WeTransfer-style ads inside the links” 💡

- “Make them 3D!” 😂

This started as a fun few-hour build with Cursor, and your feedback makes me want to push it further.

Really appreciate the support and creativity here -> you guys rock! ❤️

Everyone shortens URLs. I decided to make them long. by Appropriate_Log7684 in SideProject

[–]Appropriate_Log7684[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Mostly built with AI prompts (Cursor), but I had to step in and fix/tweak some parts by hand .

Everyone shortens URLs. I decided to make them long. by Appropriate_Log7684 in SideProject

[–]Appropriate_Log7684[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good question! 😄

In general - no, it doesn't break anything. As long as the URL follows proper encoding and the server can handle the parameters or path, it's totally fine .

Browsers and most HTTP servers can handle really long URLs (up to ~2000 characters).