filtering + notes sounds boring until you’ve got a pile of old links and no idea what half of them were for. editable expiry is a nice touch too, i use https://cryptly.link/YHMr2qwLCtpH for quick encrypted links when i don’t wanna host anything, but for selfhosted this is exactly the kind of practical stuff i’d want.

filtering + notes makes sense once a shortener becomes more than a toy. i’ve been using https://cryptly.link/iOofDZSSYbkL lately for private encrypted links, but for self-hosted rust stuff this looks really clean.

google result links have been getting worse for clean copying forever, but this goto stuff is especially annoying. i usually strip params with ublock/clearurls, and if i’m sharing a link where i don’t want the shortener tracking clicks either i use https://cryptly.link/0ADWMpV2Oc1D since it encrypts the destination and doesn’t do free-tier analytics.

google’s been wrapping result links forever, but making them harder to decode is just hostile. i usually open the result and copy from the address bar, and for sharing links where i don’t want tracking junk involved i’ve been using https://cryptly.link/QNZvduUEaw91 since it’s encrypted and doesn’t do click tracking.

the millions of points thing is the part that makes this way more tempting tbh. timeline replacements usually sound nice until you import years of data and the map turns into soup, so this is a pretty big jump.

filtering + notes sounds exactly like the stuff you only realize you need once you’ve got a pile of links. curious if filtering covers tags/domains/expiry too? i use https://cryptly.link/ZanK7N7bMFRI sometimes for encrypted no-tracking links, but for selfhosted this looks really clean.

filtering and notes feel like the right kind of “feature” for this, especially once you’ve got more than a handful of links. i’ve been using https://cryptly.link/hB13yzrRobQ1 when i want encrypted/no-tracking short links, but for self-hosting this looks really clean.

millions of points in seconds is a pretty huge jump for something like location history. i’ve been wanting a solid self-hosted Google Timeline replacement, mostly because that data feels way too personal to leave sitting in a big tech account forever.

t.co being a single choke point for old twitter links is exactly the scary part. i use https://cryptly.link/HZpzV6sYysc1 sometimes for stuff i don’t want tracked, but honestly the bigger lesson is to keep the real URL somewhere you control too.