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by Etheon 1969 days ago
Hello HN :)

For the record, I learned how to code less than 2 years ago, next to my full time job.

I rarely have the time to complete a side project, so I challenged myself to make a functional website in a weekend.

The idea was simple, to be able to create a short URL to share a list of websites. It's not revolutionary, but I was surprised not to find more sites to do that. Bit.ly had such a system a few years ago called "Bundles", which they shut down.

I often see interesting lists on Twitter or in articles, but keeping track of all this is sometimes complicated. That's where I got the idea.

So I created Multy over a weekend and was thrilled to see that I could make a functional site, no matter how small, in such a short period of time.

I still have a lot of ideas to improve it, such as adding private links, or a very simple statistics system. I would like as much as possible not to create an authentication system and keep the concept as simple as possible. I haven't necessarily thought about monetization, but there may be some ideas! I didn't create it to make a fortune anyway.

I would like to have your opinion on its current version, and on the evolutions I could bring to it.

Thank you for reading me and taking the time to test Multy!

6 comments

This looks perfect for remote learning. Teachers typically have a bunch of resources that they want to use for the class they're teaching, and sometimes their link is going to be in printed material that the student will have to type in. This seems like a nice solution to that problem.

Currently I use bit.ly for this, but it means generating lots of links. What is helpful on bit.ly is the bookmarklet. Being able to add a link to a bundle from a bookmarklet would be quite nice if you haven't done it already.

This is something I didn't think about but you're absolutely right. I need to find a solution to edit the list. In your example, if a teacher want to add something in the middle of the year or update a website, it would be useful.

If I don't want to add an authentication system, maybe with a token...

Great job and great idea! Such a great idea it’s a successful company: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/26/linktree-raises-10-7m-for-...

Keep it up!

Linktree is incredibly popular. What I've never quite understood is the number of people that have a linktree with one of the links pointing to their homepage. Why don't they just host the lot on their own homepage, if they have one?
I think it's used on a lot of social media platforms like TikTok where the users are used to a quick click kind of interaction.
Probably an aesthetic decision, or the overhead of changing the site?
Didn't know linktree, more user centric but really cool! I can't dream of half of their success but who knows ^^
Really nice project! I love that you built and launched something over the weekend. I remember how liberating the feeling was when I realized I could make some corner of the Internet my own.

Also minor suggestion - I might list a couple more examples with links or make the link more prominent, as my eye didn't immediately catch the "see an example" button. The overall UI is fantastic.

Thank you for your feedback! Yep you're right the link is a little bit small and users can easily miss it, I'll try to find a better solution!
People seemed to like the project, so I created a page on product hunt,I'll see how it goes ^^ https://www.producthunt.com/posts/multy
Awesome first project; if you need those other features you mentioned you could just use pastebin.com iirc
This is awesome, I'm using it to group links for different cool TLDs (.fyi, .career, .fund, .finance)