Yurl.ai – a tiny F# URL shortener that invents its own slugs
Hi HN, I hacked together Yurl.ai last week—a bare-bones URL shortener in F# / .NET 9 using a simple CQRS + event-sourcing setup. The gimmick: for each new link, it grabs the page text and asks a small language model to suggest a short, readable slug (4–8 chars). I’m curious whether these model-made names beat the usual random hashes. Tech bits: Actors as aggregates SQLite for both event store and read model Source (MIT): https://github.com/OnurGumus/YURL Live demo: https://yurl.ai (free tier—please be gentle) Happy to hear what you think.
Yurl.ai – a tiny F# URL shortener that invents its own slugs launched on May 27, 2025 with 5 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
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