Building a dead link checker in Swift to analyze the state of my 1,078 bookmarks (markjames.dev) 11 points by sanesmith 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] tyingq 6y ago ↗ I didn't see any code to deal with timeouts, which could be ambiguous around link health.A weighted system, where things like timeout, NXDOMAIN, etc, have specific probabilities of a "dead link" seems like the right path to me. [–] [deleted] 6y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] platz 6y ago ↗ I should do this for my 76,259 bookmarks.I'd be very pleased with a 70% retention that i could send off to an archival service. [–] jereees 6y ago ↗ Would you export them and upload that as a pastebin? [–] platz 6y ago ↗ Hah, what is your interest? [–] jagannathtech 6y ago ↗ yes
[–] jereees 6y ago ↗ Would you export them and upload that as a pastebin? [–] platz 6y ago ↗ Hah, what is your interest? [–] jagannathtech 6y ago ↗ yes
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 18.8 ms ] threadA weighted system, where things like timeout, NXDOMAIN, etc, have specific probabilities of a "dead link" seems like the right path to me.
I'd be very pleased with a 70% retention that i could send off to an archival service.