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by graphememes 2614 days ago
If I remember correctly it used to be unsplash.it, github seems to confirm.
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dmarby 2614 days ago
That's correct! We changed the name to avoid it being confused with unsplash.com as the sites grew in traffic
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Theodores 2614 days ago
Do you get sponsorship from Digital Ocean and that CDN company? How does that work out?
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dmarby 2614 days ago
DigitalOcean sponsors our infrastructure, and BelugaCDN covers our CDN costs, yep.

Very happy with both services, been a customer of DO for years.

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cyberferret 2614 days ago
Ah, I was just about to say that this looks like unsplash.it (which we actually use in our SaaS to generate random images on our 404 and 500 error screens [0]). Glad to see that it is one and the same!

[0] - https://medium.com/@dsabar/error-messages-don-t-have-to-be-b...

EDIT: Wonder it we will have to change the domain on our app to point to this new domain, or will the old unsplash.it one still be used going forward?

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dmarby 2614 days ago
That’s a really cool use of Picsum!

The old domain will keep working, but I’d encourage you to switch to the new one. It’ll save you a redirect as well :)

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