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lazyjones
ghub.is is available, just sayin' ...
tempodox
Too long. The ideal domain would be “u.rl”.
caleblloyd
You should Base62 encode the issue number in the URL string!
tempodox
Base62? Why not a prime number?
gberger
Base62 is 26 lowercase + 26 uppercase + 10 digits
gberger
That would save characters, but then users wouldn't easily generate their own URL. Also, it's backwards incompatible...
fweespeech
As cute as this is, it seems like an abuse of Github's resources to make your own url shortner.
hacym
I doubt he means it for someone to actually use...
gberger
It's just a proof of concept :)
fweespeech
Fair enough. Just sometimes people do stuff like that and try to convince people to use it regularly. ;)
_Marak_
Probably best to not use Github Issues as a cloud datastore.