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Einar Egilsson
Personal blog · einaregilsson.comprogrammingwriting
Einar Egilsson's personal blog at einaregilsson.com covers programming and writing. Since 2012, 36 different Hacker News readers have linked it 53 times, most often “Redirector Browser extension to redirect URLs based on regex patterns”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Most-linked posts?
- Redirector Browser extension to redirect URLs based on regex patterns26 people · 31 mentions · first linked 2019-10-05
- /redirector/4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-06-05
- /redirector/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-03
- Serverless: slower and more expensive2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-09-18
- An easter egg for one user: Luke Skywalker (2017)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-17
What Hacker News says?
On Firefox I use Redirector: http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ I have it set up to handle Reddit and Wikipedia. News sites and Twitter don't get to run JS thanks to NoScript, so I usually don't have to do anything extra to get a lightweight experience there.
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Tell HN: Thank you for not redesigning Hacker News”Submitted Serverless: slower and more expensive as a story · 1787 points
HN discussionFWIW, you can use an extension like Redirector ( https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ ) to automatically redirect any Twitter URL to Nitter with the following: Redirect: https://twitter.com/\* to: https://nitter.net/$1 Hint: Twitter to Nitter Example: https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1586955288061452289 Applies to: Main window (address bar) I'm also using this for 'fixing' referral URLs but that's another story.
Comment linking /redirector/
on “The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter in 2015”Submitted An easter egg for one user: Luke Skywalker as a story · 798 points
HN discussionGreat! and you can redirect automatically by using a redirect browser extension/plugin :) I just set it up with my favourite: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ * Include pattern: ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v= (. ) Redirect to: https://www.youtube.com./watch?v=$1 * (check "regular expression) you can check it's working by adding, e.g. * Example URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfdsfasd (I see the code i…
Comment linking /redirector/
on “You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain”Submitted Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9 as a story · 146 points
HN discussionI put this together this morning: https://github.com/gavinhungry/nitter-bitter You can self-host it anywhere, and use the aforementioned Redirector [1] extension: ^https://(?:twitter|x)\.com/(.*) https://nitter.example.tld/$1 [1] https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “XCancel service is suspended until further notice”Submitted Writing a browser extension for three browsers as a story · 58 points
HN discussionhttps://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ Include pattern: ^https?://x.com/(.*) Redirect to: https://xxcancel.com/$1
Comment linking /redirector/
on “XCancel service is suspended until further notice”Submitted Redirector Browser extension to redirect URLs based on regex patterns as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI use a Firefox extension to do it - https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ . You might be able to do some local DNS with a wildcard shenanigans, but this is much easier to set up. I actually don't redirect my Reddit requests, since once in a blue moon I will want to comment on something, which libreddit doesn't support. However Invidious does have the option to let you follow certain channels, and since I don't comm…
Comment linking /redirector/
on “What are your most used self-hosted applications?”Submitted Serverless: 15% slower and 8x more expensive as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMight I suggest https://libredirect.github.io/index.html and https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration”Submitted An easter egg for one user: Luke Skywalker (2017) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionInstall https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ and you can set up rules to redirect from twitter to nitter.
Comment linking /redirector/
on “China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war”Submitted The Story of Cardgames.io as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://einaregilsson.com/redirector/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Slow Software”Submitted Show HN: MyLife: A single-user OhLife alternative as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI personally prefer to use redirector to do it. It has served me quite well so far. https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “LibRedirect – Redirects popular sites to alternative privacy-friendly frontends”Submitted Redirector: An add-on that lets you create redirects for specific webpages as a story · 1 points
HN discussionAnd if you want to automatically get redirected to xcancel: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated”Submitted A GitHub Action for generating sequential build numbers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionUse the Teddit frontend ( https://teddit.net/ ) and the Redirector extension ( https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ ) to redirect all Reddit links to Teddit and view the content there. You won't be bothered by pushes for login again.
Comment linking /redirector/
on “In 2020, two thirds of Google searches ended without a click”Submitted Writing a browser extension for three browsers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSome popular sites have alternative interfaces, e.g. Twitter → Nitter. They are a much better user experience if you just want to lurk. Configure your browser to automatically redirect: • https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect#custom-inst... • https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ (use for Imgur → Rimgo until Privacy Redirect has it)
Comment linking /redirector/
on “John Carmack on avoiding distractions”Submitted Multi Input Paste: A better UX for multiple input boxes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI'm using Redirector ( https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ ), works well and also with Firefox Mobile.
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Trey Parker and Matt Stone Are Changing the Name of South Park to South America”Submitted Zero Day: A Book Review of stunningly attractive computer security experts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI use the Redirector[0] browser extension to do this, and it works great. [0]: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Cool ice formations my friend discovered on his deck this morning”If you don't want to login to twitter, then install the Redirector addon: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ Then set a redirect from twitter links to https://nitter.net or https://threadreaderapp.com/
Comment linking /redirector/
on “Ask HN: Can we ban Twitter links, please?”
