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"So, I think this hilarious, but link shorteners have to be stable, right?"

Yes, a link shortener does need to be stable but luckily they are extremely simple to operate.

You should be able to run a very popular link shortener on a leftover 1U with very low associated bandwidth and power costs. It's not unrealistic for a person, or group, to commit to this indefinitely.



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