[CatsoCatsoCatso]

I loved it until I hit save and saw the monster of a URL it returned.

These URLs aren't something I'd be able to quickly tap in on another device to save messing about with accounts & logins. If the URLs became short and/or pronounceable I'd use this service daily.

[3princip]

That was my main concern when creating it, that link length would be a turn-off. It's understandable and I am considering shortening the hash in the next iteration.

The idea is that the link is actually a sha224 hash of the content itself. This serves two purposes, the first that the content is verifiable and de-duplicated by default, i.e. posting the same content will not create another entry.

This also has the added benefit that it's very cache-able. Since content addressed by a unique hash/link never changes by design, it can be cached forever (popping something like cloudflare in front makes it very economical to run).

[Fogest]

Can't you make an id in the database that translates to the hash? Then you can generate short URL's.