Show HN: Access long URLs with short, easy-to-remember names
ruyili.caHi HN! I made a browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Edge) that lets you navigate to websites you frequent using a nice, memorable name you can set yourself. If you're familiar with [GoLinks](https://www.golinks.io/), it's quite similar. If you're not, then you can think of it as an alternative to bookmarks; you can give aliases to URLs through the extension dashboard and access said URL by typing "qw <name>" in the browser search bar.
I once had the pleasure of working with GoLinks during one of my internships, and was surprised to see that a non-enterprise version didn't already exist (although it does look like they have one in the works), so I went ahead and created one.
Keep in mind it's not a one-to-one alternative to bookmarks, as qwiklinks doesn't have folders nor the ability to execute JavaScript. I've been enjoying not having to sift through my massive backlog of bookmarks and not waiting for autocomplete to maybe do its thing, though. I hope yall will enjoy it as well
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