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Changing a short domain with a recovery plan
Inventory published paths, verify ownership and destinations, and move traffic in a controlled sequence that preserves links already in cir…
DNS and TTL planning when you move a short domainFIELD NOTES / 090 Guides · 4 min readDNS and TTL planning when you move a short domain
Moving where a short domain points is a small change with a long tail. The tail is set by a number you should lower days in advance.
HTTPS for short domains: certificates, renewal and the failure modesFIELD NOTES / 059 Guides · 2 min readHTTPS for short domains: certificates, renewal and the failure modes
Automatic certificates work until they do not. Here is what has to be true for issuance, and what breaks renewal.
Where redirect latency actually comes fromFIELD NOTES / 054 Guides · 2 min readWhere redirect latency actually comes from
A short link adds one round trip. Whether that costs 30ms or 400ms depends on four things, and only one of them is the database.
How to set up a custom short domain, step by stepFIELD NOTES / 003 Guides · 2 min readHow to set up a custom short domain, step by step
DNS records, SSL, apex vs subdomain, and the mistakes that cause a domain to sit in "not configured" for hours.
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