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Shorter URLs to get you more productive
- Authors
- Name
- Vinayak Ganapuram
- @vinayakkg
I am big fan of computer shortcuts and try and inculcate as many as I can in my daily workflows. So far I have been focussed on being productive in the desktop tools that I use daily.
Comimg to Browsers, they are the gateway to internet and more and more tools are browser native and its increasing as we speak. Right from IDE's(Development environments) like vscode, Communication tools like teams/slack, Documentation platforms like Microsoft Docs/Google Docs/Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets, Mail Platforms like Office 365/Gmail to the Latest LLM's Microsoft Co-Pilot/Perplexity, most run on browser and can be used by one and all.
I have been using some shortcuts like sheets.new and docs.new and I was looking to see if there are more such shortcuts that can be used.
One can setup url shortener's as shortcut to application url's , but that needs some work and maintenance.
Today, I would like to share few shortcuts that are already public and set by companies themselves and are available for one and all to use. The suffix is .new (same for all), prefix is a noun/verb.
Here is a list of compiled url shortcuts:
| Short Link | Application Name | What it does? | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| check.new | Checkly | Create a javascript browser check using Checkly | Monitoring platform for API's, Automated UI tests |
| pen.new | CodePen | Prototype your frontend code in CodePen's online development sandbox | The best place to build, test, and discover front-end code |
| gist.new | GitHub | Open new GitHub gists | Public/Private gists on Github |
| github.new repo.new | GitHub | Open new GitHub repositories | |
| resumes.new | Canva | Create a professional-looking resume using templates from Canva | |
| designs.new | Canva | Create a new design using beautiful, customizable templates from Canva | |
| workers.new | CloudFlare | Create a service dashboard for deploying websites using Cloudflare | Serverless execution environment to static site hosting, edge based data processing, serverless api with a quite generous free plan |
| pl.new | Razorpay | Create a new payment link with Razorpay | |
| tables.new | Track your work and projects using Tables | Available only in US, did not know it existed. Thanks .new | |
| bitly.new link.new | Bitly | Create memorable, short links to your website with Bitly | |
| cal.new meeting.new | Create and send a new Google Calendar invite | Big time saver | |
| docs.new documents.new document.new | Create a new document using Google Docs | Big time saver | |
| forms.new form.new | Create a new form using Google Forms | Big time saver | |
| meet.new | Launch a real-time meeting from your browser using Google Meet | Big time saver, frequently used for adhoc meetings :) | |
| sheets.new spreadsheet.new spreadsheets.new | Create a new spreadsheet using Google Sheets | Big time saver | |
| deck.new presentation.new slide.new slides.new | Create an online presentation using Google Slides | ||
| excel.new | Microsoft Excel | Create a spreadsheet using Excel. | |
| powerpoint.new ppt.new pptx.new | Microsoft PowerPoint | Create a new presentation using PowerPoint | |
| sway.new | Microsoft Sway | Create beautiful designs using Microsoft Sway. | |
| docx.new word.new | Microsoft Word | Create a new document using Word | |
| git.new/ui | shadcn-ui/ui | Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps | Must try if you have not yet tried shadcn-ui |
| git.new/email | resend/react-email | Build and send emails using React | |
| git.new/dub | dubinc/dub | ||
| git.new/cal | calcom/cal.com | Open source Calendly | Your personalized scheduling infrastructure |