This is fun. Is it not checking for previously submitted URLs though? I can seem...

saghm · 2026-01-15T07:28:19 1768462099

Am I missing something, or would these essentially be implemented via DNS records? It's not clear to me that keeping the links in a database would be necessary at all (unless the DNS records are what you mean by "database")

janwillemb · 2026-01-15T07:42:52 1768462972

DNS is only for resolving the host part. The path is not passing through a dns query.

In example.com/blah, the /blah part is interpreted by the host itself.

And apart from that I would indeed consider DNS records a database.

hinkley · 2026-01-15T19:43:15 1768506195

I got https://microsoft.web-safe.link/cZ17Xn_claim_gift_card.msi for this article. What do you get?

dieggsy · 2026-01-15T21:09:32 1768511372

Just resubmit it, you'll probably get a new link. I get something different every time.