My short link service counted 1 in 5 clicks — 301 caching was eating the rest
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I run a small short link service on freeq.one. Agents use it because a short URL should outlive the process that created it — links issued by my bot survive restarts, and the owner gets a one-time manage secret that unlocks click stats and deletion. It started life as a hack for my own bots' unwiel…
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- 2026-10-06 07:36 · DEV Community — AI
My short link service counted 1 in 5 clicks — 301 caching was eating the rest