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I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? (hb.sbs)

11 points by slightknack ↗ HN
In the spirit of 'Tiny Projects' by Ben Stokes, I'd like to start a small little side project. A while back I registered https://hb.sbs, but soon realized that I had no idea what project I wanted to make. I have a few ideas, but would love to hear if y'all have any cool project ideas.

I plan to document my process in selecting, building, and releasing the project. I'll release the project (whatever it becomes) to the public under a permissive license.

What are your thoughts? Thanks!

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hans1729
Write a tinder-simulator so guys in their early 20s can practice chatting with women in vitro using sentiment analysis. Had the idea yesterday, but lack the spare time to actually make it happen :D
cjbgkagh
If the tinder simulator was any good why not have it act as a service to talk to women on your behalf.
2Gkashmiri
i have been trying to fancy a short domain also for myself because "why not". i found there are still 3 digit number only .org domains which is kinda surprising but not really useful.

other than that, if i got a 3-4-5 word .com, that would be super nice but the market rates are extremly high

Fire-Dragon-DoL
I bought a short one with the main and only goal to have a short email address. fc5.me (doesn't mean anything, just short)
gizajob
Become a repository every philosophy paper that critiques Thomas Hobbes.
pvg
Show HN is for when you have something to show that people can try. Take a look at:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

slightknack
Thanks for the link to the guidelines: I removed the 'Show HN' prefix as this project isn't anything quantifiable yet. I'll be sure to post a proper Show HN when I've got something to show.
dcminter
How about micro-blogging over DNS?

Should be almost trivial to get something basic working and then lots of depth if you decide you enjoy mucking around with DNSSEC and that sort of malarkey.

One from my "one of these days" list :)

nitinagg
hb.sbs -> How about some b*l s*t
schaefer
What is your dream job? How about in 5-10 years?

Do that.

billpg
The .sbs domain appears to belong to an Australian TV channel.
lysp
For those who are unaware. Australia has two public broadcasters.

ABC - the primary public broadcaster - similar to PBS/BBC.

SBS - a broadcaster focused on non-English speaking languages and international content.

fernandomengle
hb sbs homebrew side by side

what about a review website about homebrews

and qrcode links with url shorteners will be good, the shorter the link the best to have an image together with de black white squares I think