Alex Alksne

So, emojis are getting kinda popular huh?! Back in 2016 I created http://Mosho.ws, an Emoji URL Shortener (think Bitly but with Emojis). Quick example: it's a service that can shorten http://google.com/maps to http://📍.🎉🐙.ws. People didn't hate it and my ego swelled to new heights (not really, but it felt pretty cool!). What surprised me was that a couple of folks reached out asking if I...

Hi PH! Thanks for checking out this side-project of mine! Last week I was browsing Hacker News and saw a comment by @runnr_az re: his emoji domain registration engine (https://❤❤❤.ws). I was immediately excited by the prospect of building something novel and after some brainstorming settled on an emoji URL shortener registered under http://🎉🐙.ws (text-friendly name: http://Mosho.ws). My hubris...