URL Lengthener: The April Fools Tool Mocking Enterprise URL Hell
In a world of tidy bit.ly links, one dev flips the script with a URL Lengthener. It's enterprise satire at its finest — and open source to boot.
In a world of tidy bit.ly links, one dev flips the script with a URL Lengthener. It's enterprise satire at its finest — and open source to boot.
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