First Idea: Yet Another Link Shortener!

Yep, you got it. I'm making a link shortener.

I forget how I landed on this idea. But I've been thinking about it for a while now and really want to build one. There are tons of them out there, which means lots of examples and endless feature ideas!

Another reason I like it is the basic premise is simple: take one link and redirect it to another. Which is right in line with the 3 projects in 3 months goal. (You can check out the other goals here.)

My hope is to start small and then be able to iterate on it.

Initial scope will be:

• User can sign up
• User can pay for the subscription
• User can create a shortened link
• User can view all their shortened links in a dashboard

Some stretch goals are:

• edit/delete links in dashboard
• a CRUD API to interact with the software
• custom domains for the short link
• some metrics, at least click counts
• ???

If you have any other ideas, let me know on Twitter!

Related notes:

• YALS technology choices and system layout