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  1. Sink

    ⚡ A Simple / Speedy / Secure Link Shortener with Analytics, 100% run on Cloudflare.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. lucien.run

    personnal redirect thingy (URL minifier)

    I don't care about analytics at all, so I just wrote a simple build system doto generate some very basic HTML redirects.

    It isn't perfect but it's very cheap to run!

    https://github.com/lucienbill/lucien.run/

  4. dub

    The modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class marketing teams like Twilio, Buffer, Framer, Perplexity, Vercel, and more.

    Cool. Checking it out.

    For those looking for more options, Dub[1] is a matured open-source[2] link shortener with Analytics.

    For not-so-large volumes of links, say for friends-family, and the occasional public links, you can run something off Github Pages[3] with their built-in Jekyll + Redirect-From Plugin[4]. If you do not want to, you do not even need to have the code run locally, just edit on Github. I run one to easily share links for the family and relatives (photos, that document link, along with the Rick-Roll Video).

    Tip: If one wants to run an indie or personal or family/friends shortlink for easy sharing, try to have it on your own domain. This allowed me to moved between tools that powers it.

    1. https://dub.co

    2. https://github.com/dubinc/dub

    3. https://pages.github.com

    4. https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-redirect-from

  5. pages-gem

    A simple Ruby Gem to bootstrap dependencies for setting up and maintaining a local Jekyll environment in sync with GitHub Pages

    Cool. Checking it out.

    For those looking for more options, Dub[1] is a matured open-source[2] link shortener with Analytics.

    For not-so-large volumes of links, say for friends-family, and the occasional public links, you can run something off Github Pages[3] with their built-in Jekyll + Redirect-From Plugin[4]. If you do not want to, you do not even need to have the code run locally, just edit on Github. I run one to easily share links for the family and relatives (photos, that document link, along with the Rick-Roll Video).

    Tip: If one wants to run an indie or personal or family/friends shortlink for easy sharing, try to have it on your own domain. This allowed me to moved between tools that powers it.

    1. https://dub.co

    2. https://github.com/dubinc/dub

    3. https://pages.github.com

    4. https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-redirect-from

  6. jekyll-redirect-from

    :twisted_rightwards_arrows: Seamlessly specify multiple redirections URLs for your pages and posts.

    Cool. Checking it out.

    For those looking for more options, Dub[1] is a matured open-source[2] link shortener with Analytics.

    For not-so-large volumes of links, say for friends-family, and the occasional public links, you can run something off Github Pages[3] with their built-in Jekyll + Redirect-From Plugin[4]. If you do not want to, you do not even need to have the code run locally, just edit on Github. I run one to easily share links for the family and relatives (photos, that document link, along with the Rick-Roll Video).

    Tip: If one wants to run an indie or personal or family/friends shortlink for easy sharing, try to have it on your own domain. This allowed me to moved between tools that powers it.

    1. https://dub.co

    2. https://github.com/dubinc/dub

    3. https://pages.github.com

    4. https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-redirect-from

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