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Why I love Adjix

By Dave Winer on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 at 12:03 PM.

A picture named lunch.jpgI just read a review of five URL shorteners and added a comment recommending the one I'm building my systems on, Adjix.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Adjix is imho, the best because it automatically stores each link it shortens in an Amazon S3 bucket that I own. If they ever go away, or if for some reason I decide to move on, my links won't break (at least not because of them). I also use a custom domain for my URLs. So I get complete data portability at no cost. Absolutely no lockin.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Side-note -- this raises another question. A lot of us use Libyan domains for our shorteners. Have you been reading the news from there? What if they figure out that they can cause a major disruption on the Internet by breaking the deal. Brrr.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I don't own any stock in Adjix, or have any reason to recommend it other than it is a great service.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I know a lot of people haven't heard of it, but it's really important. Someday a lot of these links are going to break. I'm doing everything I can to be sure that mine last. I know other people care about this. Adjix has made it work.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.
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