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Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?

3 points| dudeWithAMood | 7 months ago

Inspired by this comment [1] I impulsively bought this domain, any ideas on what to actually do with this?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44734639

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armchairhacker|7 months ago

Lightweight UI for Github? (If that doesn't already exist).

e.g. client requests https://github.mx/llvm/llvm-project, your server fetches the data from https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project (using an API or scraping the site), and renders it in a cleaner UI with less HTML and JavaScript.

It would be useful for slow/outdated devices and places with low internet bandwidth. The URL concept is similar to https://github.dev/llvm/llvm-project, which opens the project in a web-hosted VSCode (vaguely the opposite since VSCode is more UI but also more features).

ezekg|7 months ago

Be careful with this. This could be considered cybersquatting, which is illegal with lots of prior cases.

dudeWithAMood|7 months ago

What are the consequences of this? I think they can seize the domain for free if I'm misrepresenting the site as part of github, but lets assume I use no branding, etc what's the worst that can happen?

actionfromafar|7 months ago

Start a white-hat hacking service, offering companies help find flaws in their security.

dudeWithAMood|7 months ago

That's not the worst idea, how does that tie back to the domain though?

Bender|7 months ago

Unpopular opinion, park it and turn off auto-renew. I too had a typo github domain I used for training and with some hesitation I let it go when Microsoft bought them. They have a lot of lawyers and interesting priorities. perhaps an understatement on my part...

dudeWithAMood|7 months ago

Did you get a cease and desist letter?