A long time ago, after Flickr got acquired by Yahoo, I decided to make my own web app to host my photos because I had found the perfect domain for it:

https://pi.ctu.re

I also needed to build another app to fetch and resize the images, and found it neat to use the following:

https://infra.stru.ctu.re

In term of users the service never went anywhere and it's quite dated now but it doesn't cost much to keep it online and it's open source.

Some classics:

- sci.fi

- cr.yp.to

- assimilated.b.org

- tpc.int [0]

0: https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_Phone_Company

One of my favorites (only great if you read the site contents):

https://how.rl.works

I always liked https://frame.work and https://play.date

Just the other day I noticed that some kind soul set up http://subprocess.run to redirect to the python3 documentation.

I do get frustrated sometimes at the "omnibar" because of its inability to determine if I want to search for something or go to a url. It is especially irksome because the TLDs keep getting extended and I can't keep track anymore.

doc.new for a new Google Docs document is really neat and I use it often. sheet.new, slide.new, and form.new does the same thing respectively.

I have nicer.info but haven't put it to use in 12 years.

ob https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/755/74...

I have youknowwhat.com. Bought it back when there was only one company selling domains and you had to pay two years in advance.

I used to get SO many "ecard" receipts from people who thought they were being clever by putting the "From:" as youknowwho@youknowwhat.com

It was so many emails, in fact, that I had to change email providers because they were threatening to kick me off from the traffic. That, and every other spammy email system that existed because that email address was in every single mailing list ever haha.

I'm working on a personal project (which is very much not done) which is at the domain https://invit.ing/

It's for creating little invites for small events. Each event gets a https://invit.ing/ short link. No plans to make it profitable, just fun to build :)

A few of my favourites: brr.fyi, sheep.horse, timeflies.buzz, pudding.cool and bad.coffee.

One of the best domains I've ever seen is a local law firm in Houston, Pusch and Nguyen, who leaned into the common misspellings and has pushwin.com. (Alas, it's just a redirect to their main domain)

https://cr.app is the time wasting microsite for the DTC toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap.

https://m.me is a nice domain to get to the dedicated FB messenger website.

My favorite is my first name .codes

Got it the night before .codes released and have had others try to buy it off me a few times. Never!

`n.pr` is neat. I had no idea that existed.

I discovered these two domain for GitHub and since then I use them all the time

repo.new (new repository page)

gist.new (new gist page)

NPR not using the n.pr domain beyond a simple redirect to npr.org is an absolute shame.

Oh oh! Include 90s.dev! Such a perfect domain name, a built in pun. What a waste.

I’m going to be this “old grumpy” guy and mention that I hate it when I see plain text URLs which aren’t hyperlinked… come on, we’re in 2025 just do us a favor and put links, why do I have to select the text, copy it, open a new tab and then paste it (I’m using an older iPad). Even on desktop I have to select the text, right click and then visit the site.

First world problems :-)

I own two that I really like.

sci.app

and

vga.ai

^^

Some good ones I can think of:

archive.org (does what it says)

ifconfig.me (same name as the tool)

noise.fm (I want this for a personal project but came in late)

js.org

radio.garden

My vote goes to .ws which redirects to a beer brand.

hacker.news (not official but a neat redirect)

traceroute bad.horse

will.i.am

Anybody else whose name or moniker is a FQDN?

I have narcissistech.me to chronicle how similar the behavior of tech companies follows that of a narcissistic :P

Why is there no anchor href (aka link) on those domains? Come on, this is a webpage.

ch.at is nice