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That is quite interesting. Only issue is to rely on Github Issues for it (it might get messy with too many issues opened).

I had this same ~dream of hosting a URL Shortener statically, which lead me to create URLZap. The difference is that it relies on a config file and it can be used on any code repository service https://github.com/brunoluiz/urlzap

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Cool project! Thanks for sharing! Yea the reason why I chose GitHub issues as a "database" was because it is simple to add a short link that manner. Definitely may get messy and there are other shortcomings like the lack of ability to indicate/reuse aliases. The other way to run a URL shortener service with low effort would be to use Firebase. Your idea is a cool one, love it especially since it uses GitHub actions too!

Almost similar strategy here, static file generator for redirect https://gitlab.com/davch/static-redirect

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