https://github.com/nickpegg/shrtnr

Possibly the world's worst URL shortener
https://github.com/nickpegg/shrtnr

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Possibly the world's worst URL shortener

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nickpegg/shrtnr
• Owner: nickpegg
• Created: 2013-12-01T04:57:33.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-12-01T17:33:03.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T19:15:02.971Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 130 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# shrtnr

## The world's ~~best~~ worst URL shortener

Yup, it's a URL shortener. I hacked this together just as a learning exercise and to see how quickly I could make this. About an hour or two, and that's without ever really using Flask or Peewee before.

This isn't running in the wild. I wouldn't if I were you. It's probably horribly insecure and certainly is ripe for abuse. Notably the ability to predict keys. But I think it's more fun that way.

### Why??

Well, some friends and I had some discussions about URL shorteners and how to create the key (the 'bobdole' in 'http://tinyurl.com/bobdole'). I had a few beers in me and got an itch to make a working implementation of my ideas.

### WTF does 'shrtnr' mean?

Shartner, I think. Or shortener. Definitely one of those two.