Hashify

Hashify does not solve a problem, it poses a question: what becomes possible when one is able to store entire documents in URLs?

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Installation

1. Install rbenv.

2. Install dependencies:

   make setup
   

3. Build:

   make
   

4. Install nginx.

5. Create a symlink to nginx.conf from wherever nginx sites live. For example:

   ln -s "$(pwd)/nginx.conf" /opt/local/etc/nginx/sites-available/hashify.me
   

6. Activate the site if necessary. For example:

   ln -s ../sites-available/hashify.me /opt/local/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/hashify.me
   

7. Reload nginx:

   sudo nginx -s reload
   

localhost

Hashify uses CORS in its communication with bitly. Though browsers don't allow this on localhost, one can use https://lvh.me for testing (lvh.me resolves to localhost).