Domains I Love

53 ahmedfromtunis 54 6/9/2025, 8:33:44 PM ahmedsaoudi.com ↗

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vinc · 6h ago

A long time ago, after Flickr got acquired by Yahoo, I decided to make my own web app to host my photos because I had found the perfect domain for it:

https://pi.ctu.re

I also needed to build another app to fetch and resize the images, and found it neat to use the following:

https://infra.stru.ctu.re

In term of users the service never went anywhere and it's quite dated now but it doesn't cost much to keep it online and it's open source.

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

Ha! I love how you used one domain to get 2 names (or what these can be called?)

le.ctu.re is also a viable option ;)

Also this reminds of del.icio.us (not sure about the placement of that first dot, though). Epic domain and legendary service. RIP!

pimlottc · 7h ago

Some classics:

- sci.fi

- cr.yp.to

- assimilated.b.org

- tpc.int [0]

0: https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_Phone_Company

echelon · 6h ago

- http://endless.horse/

- https://ofcourse.horse/

- `traceroute -m 50 bad.horse` [1]

Does anyone remember the "every man" something or other Japanese website with funny WebGL / Three.js experiments from back in ~2015? It had a character builder and fun interactivity, and I could have sworn I learned about it on HN. I think Adult Swim briefly bought it and then shuttered it. It had a really silly domain name.

[1] https://imgur.com/aklGICS

xyst · 6h ago

> cr.yp.to

Very "del.icio.us"-esque

masfuerte · 5h ago

cr.yp.to is five years older than del.icio.us.

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

b.org must be worth millions though!

sudobash1 · 4h ago

Just the other day I noticed that some kind soul set up http://subprocess.run to redirect to the python3 documentation.

I do get frustrated sometimes at the "omnibar" because of its inability to determine if I want to search for something or go to a url. It is especially irksome because the TLDs keep getting extended and I can't keep track anymore.

dhbradshaw · 7h ago

One of my favorites (only great if you read the site contents):

https://how.rl.works

vavooom · 6h ago

Assuming this references Reinforcement Learning? If so... valid

vid · 6h ago

I have nicer.info but haven't put it to use in 12 years.

ob https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/755/74...

trmdttr · 7h ago

doc.new for a new Google Docs document is really neat and I use it often. sheet.new, slide.new, and form.new does the same thing respectively.

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

Yeah, I use that so much for notes and stuff that I had to create an app script to clean my GDrive from the hundreds, if not 1000+, of "unnamed document"s left behind.

riskable · 6h ago

I have youknowwhat.com. Bought it back when there was only one company selling domains and you had to pay two years in advance.

I used to get SO many "ecard" receipts from people who thought they were being clever by putting the "From:" as youknowwho@youknowwhat.com

It was so many emails, in fact, that I had to change email providers because they were threatening to kick me off from the traffic. That, and every other spammy email system that existed because that email address was in every single mailing list ever haha.

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

This reminds of the lady who had gmail.com (iirc) and, for years, refused to sell it to Google.

The URL does redirect to the mail service but not sure if I'm remembering wrong or she finally got an offer even she couldn't pass.

winterqt · 2h ago

Do you mean gail.com?

samschooler · 5h ago

I'm working on a personal project (which is very much not done) which is at the domain https://invit.ing/

It's for creating little invites for small events. Each event gets a https://invit.ing/ short link. No plans to make it profitable, just fun to build :)

bdcravens · 5h ago

One of the best domains I've ever seen is a local law firm in Houston, Pusch and Nguyen, who leaned into the common misspellings and has pushwin.com. (Alas, it's just a redirect to their main domain)

nocoiner · 3h ago

You should see their billboards around here. They lean into the pun very heavily.

donbrae · 7h ago

A few of my favourites: brr.fyi, sheep.horse, timeflies.buzz, pudding.cool and bad.coffee.

raybb · 6h ago

https://m.me is a nice domain to get to the dedicated FB messenger website.

thinkling · 6h ago

TIL that .me is the TLD for Montenegro and not, as I had thought, owned by Apple for its MobileMe platform.

GuB-42 · 5h ago

All two letter TLDs are country codes.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

Agree. Much better than the fb.com they got for the main site.

zackify · 7h ago

My favorite is my first name .codes

Got it the night before .codes released and have had others try to buy it off me a few times. Never!

stickperson · 7h ago

Neat! How did you find out (and when) .codes was going to be released?

zackify · 7h ago

Honestly I think I happened to be on godaddy like 12 years ago looking for a domain and saw it was coming soon. And then I stayed up and tried to get a domain haha

elashri · 6h ago

I discovered these two domain for GitHub and since then I use them all the time

repo.new (new repository page)

gist.new (new gist page)

vishnuharidas · 6h ago

docs.new (new Google Doc) sheets.new (new Google Sheet)

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nelsonfigueroa · 7h ago

`n.pr` is neat. I had no idea that existed.

9d · 6h ago

Oh oh! Include 90s.dev! Such a perfect domain name, a built in pun. What a waste.

65 · 6h ago

I always liked https://frame.work and https://play.date

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

This reminded of e.foundation. I find it hilarious that they combined the shortest domain with the longest tld :D

NKosmatos · 6h ago

I’m going to be this “old grumpy” guy and mention that I hate it when I see plain text URLs which aren’t hyperlinked… come on, we’re in 2025 just do us a favor and put links, why do I have to select the text, copy it, open a new tab and then paste it (I’m using an older iPad). Even on desktop I have to select the text, right click and then visit the site.

First world problems :-)

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

That was a deliberate choice, actually.

This is about the domains and not the websites!

harism_ · 5h ago

hacker.news (not official but a neat redirect)

mre · 7h ago

My vote goes to .ws which redirects to a beer brand.

happytoexplain · 7h ago

will.i.am

Anybody else whose name or moniker is a FQDN?

Zircom · 6h ago

I've always wanted zir.com but had to settle for notzir.com

slazaro · 6h ago

Kim Dotcom? kim.com

omneity · 7h ago

kinda? omarkama.li

xyst · 6h ago

NPR not using the n.pr domain beyond a simple redirect to npr.org is an absolute shame.

ValentineC · 6h ago

I have little faith in the government organisations and registrars that run ccTLDs (which are likely to have political risk as well), and I'm glad that NPR likely thinks the same way.

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

Exactly. For that same reason I can't understand why startups tie their websites with some of the least stable countries out there.

I took notion too long to transition from that .so domain to the .com.

moralestapia · 6h ago

I own two that I really like.

sci.app

and

vga.ai

Some good ones I can think of:

archive.org (does what it says)

ifconfig.me (same name as the tool)

noise.fm (I want this for a personal project but came in late)

js.org

radio.garden

api · 7h ago

traceroute bad.horse

superlopuh · 6h ago

I just get a bunch of stars.

TRiG_Ireland · 5h ago

    $ traceroute bad.horse --resolve-hostnames
    traceroute to bad.horse (162.252.205.157), 64 hops max
      1   192.168.218.150 (_gateway)  0.483ms  0.580ms  0.548ms 
      2   *  *  * 
      3   172.24.41.146 (172.24.41.146)  35.920ms  29.950ms  30.014ms 
      4   *  *  * 
      5   172.24.195.1 (172.24.195.1)  30.097ms  24.669ms  28.539ms 
      6   172.24.195.10 (172.24.195.10)  30.086ms  40.166ms  31.028ms 
      7   80.233.113.58 (80.233.113.58)  29.500ms  23.967ms  43.113ms 
      8   185.6.36.58 (3ireland.ipv4.sw01.inex.ie)  33.895ms  24.975ms  34.959ms 
      9   185.6.36.86 (inex-01.ixp.dubie.as8220.net)  22.309ms  19.770ms  19.886ms 
     10   217.163.150.193 (1-1-c21-1.ear2.Dublin6.Level3.net)  36.257ms  41.033ms  39.510ms 
     11   4.69.218.54 (ae1.8.bar4.Toronto1.net.lumen.tech)  113.272ms  112.558ms  126.953ms 
     12   4.16.51.30 (level3-gw.core02.tor1.prioritycolo.com)  115.108ms  123.140ms  109.593ms 
     13   67.223.96.90 (67.223.96.90)  121.502ms  119.570ms  121.227ms 
     14   162.252.205.130 (bad.horse)  113.161ms  116.657ms  133.119ms 
     15   162.252.205.131 (bad.horse)  119.704ms  128.309ms  116.360ms 
     16   162.252.205.132 (bad.horse)  125.646ms  125.660ms  130.224ms 
     17   162.252.205.133 (bad.horse)  132.803ms  122.749ms  126.137ms 
     18   162.252.205.134 (he.rides.across.the.nation)  133.363ms  132.422ms  145.895ms 
     19   162.252.205.135 (the.thoroughbred.of.sin)  154.954ms  136.148ms  142.345ms 
     20   162.252.205.136 (he.got.the.application)  158.392ms  151.055ms  148.331ms 
     21   162.252.205.137 (that.you.just.sent.in)  156.020ms  146.436ms  159.945ms 
     22   162.252.205.138 (it.needs.evaluation)  167.918ms  157.544ms  171.169ms 
     23   162.252.205.139 (so.let.the.games.begin)  161.076ms  173.227ms  162.558ms 
     24   162.252.205.140 (a.heinous.crime)  182.682ms  175.853ms  167.833ms 
     25   162.252.205.141 (a.show.of.force)  186.703ms  222.181ms  590.896ms 
     26   162.252.205.142 (a.murder.would.be.nice.of.course)  602.997ms  175.406ms  179.810ms 
     27   162.252.205.143 (bad.horse)  196.847ms  187.985ms  190.071ms 
     28   162.252.205.144 (bad.horse)  193.553ms  184.281ms  196.659ms 
     29   162.252.205.145 (bad.horse)  187.502ms  195.218ms  194.829ms 
     30   162.252.205.146 (he-s.bad)  207.271ms  194.007ms  200.673ms 
     31   162.252.205.147 (the.evil.league.of.evil)  204.942ms  200.672ms  199.780ms 
     32   162.252.205.148 (is.watching.so.beware)  202.099ms  214.924ms  213.818ms 
     33   162.252.205.149 (the.grade.that.you.receive)  233.816ms  220.345ms  207.857ms 
     34   162.252.205.150 (will.be.your.last.we.swear)  229.135ms  224.107ms  221.103ms 
     35   162.252.205.151 (so.make.the.bad.horse.gleeful)  272.907ms  241.476ms  222.392ms 
     36   162.252.205.152 (or.he-ll.make.you.his.mare)  250.987ms  224.407ms  223.308ms 
     37   162.252.205.153 (o_o)  246.874ms  234.844ms  234.278ms 
     38   162.252.205.154 (you-re.saddled.up)  269.535ms  241.234ms  238.331ms 
     39   162.252.205.155 (there-s.no.recourse)  243.611ms  244.293ms  236.522ms 
     40   162.252.205.156 (it-s.hi-ho.silver)  241.793ms  268.596ms  281.158ms 
     41   162.252.205.157 (signed.bad.horse)  286.400ms  267.379ms  280.296ms

toast0 · 5h ago

A bunch of stars aren't a very good horse?

tobinfekkes · 6h ago

I have narcissistech.me to chronicle how similar the behavior of tech companies follows that of a narcissistic :P

ahmedfromtunis · 4h ago

I was about to suggest narcissis.tech but then I understood the joke.

Well played!

Aldipower · 6h ago

Why is there no anchor href (aka link) on those domains? Come on, this is a webpage.

etaioinshrdlu · 7h ago

ch.at is nice

ahmedfromtunis · 5h ago

It is indeed and with the rise of llm it can also be worth a lot of cash.

Iirc openai bought chat.com for several millions of dollars lately.

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