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 · 2h 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!
sudobash1 · 1h 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.
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.
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 · 2h 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.
samschooler · 2h 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 :)
riskable · 2h 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 · 2h 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.
bdcravens · 2h 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 · 27m ago
You should see their billboards around here. They lean into the pun very heavily.
donbrae · 4h ago
A few of my favourites: brr.fyi, sheep.horse, timeflies.buzz, pudding.cool and bad.coffee.
raybb · 3h ago
https://m.me is a nice domain to get to the dedicated FB messenger website.
thinkling · 2h ago
TIL that .me is the TLD for Montenegro and not, as I had thought, owned by Apple for its MobileMe platform.
Agree. Much better than the fb.com they got for the main site.
elashri · 3h 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 · 3h ago
docs.new (new Google Doc)
sheets.new (new Google Sheet)
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9d · 2h ago
Oh oh! Include 90s.dev! Such a perfect domain name, a built in pun. What a waste.
zackify · 3h 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 · 3h ago
Neat! How did you find out (and when) .codes was going to be released?
zackify · 3h 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
NKosmatos · 2h 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.
This reminded of e.foundation. I find it hilarious that they combined the shortest domain with the longest tld :D
harism_ · 2h ago
hacker.news (not official but a neat redirect)
mre · 4h ago
My vote goes to .ws which redirects to a beer brand.
xyst · 2h ago
NPR not using the n.pr domain beyond a simple redirect to npr.org is an absolute shame.
ValentineC · 2h 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 · 1h 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.
happytoexplain · 3h ago
will.i.am
Anybody else whose name or moniker is a FQDN?
Zircom · 3h ago
I've always wanted zir.com but had to settle for notzir.com
slazaro · 3h ago
Kim Dotcom? kim.com
omneity · 3h ago
kinda? omarkama.li
moralestapia · 3h 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
tobinfekkes · 2h ago
I have narcissistech.me to chronicle how similar the behavior of tech companies follows that of a narcissistic :P
ahmedfromtunis · 1h ago
I was about to suggest narcissis.tech but then I understood the joke.
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.
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!
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.
- sci.fi
- cr.yp.to
- assimilated.b.org
- tpc.int [0]
0: https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_Phone_Company
- 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
Very "del.icio.us"-esque
https://how.rl.works
ob https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/755/74...
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 :)
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.
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.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain
repo.new (new repository page)
gist.new (new gist page)
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Got it the night before .codes released and have had others try to buy it off me a few times. Never!
First world problems :-)
This is about the domains and not the websites!
I took notion too long to transition from that .so domain to the .com.
Anybody else whose name or moniker is a FQDN?
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
Well played!
Iirc openai bought chat.com for several millions of dollars lately.