A technical breakdown of ezli.me, a self-hosted URL shortener built in Rust by Live-Ask.com. The service uses in-memory caching with PostgreSQL fallback and batched writes to keep redirects fast while avoiding write contention. The implementation demonstrates how focused architecture enables self-hosting to beat SaaS alternatives when infrastructure already exists.
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Building ezli.me, a link shortener in Rust
Live-Ask.com's ezli.me shows how in-memory caching plus PostgreSQL batching makes self-hosted link shorteners outperform SaaS when infrastructure already exists.
Friday, April 17, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LobstersBY sys://pipeline
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