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+Lately, I've been interested in improving my URL shortener hosted at [https://trkt.in](https://trkt.in). So I did!
+
+I present.. **Chela!**
+
+I named Chela off of the small claw on crabs because it's like the little claw compared to the big one. Ok, I admit the name is vague but I think it's cute.
+
+I built Chela in Rust using Axum as a server framework. It runs off of a Postgres database. It's very simple by design and also very fast. Using `curl`, I get a response in around a millisecond typically.
+
+In  my previous iteration of this project, I rather lazily generated IDs by hashing the URLs and then taking the first four or so letters. It was ugly and at increasing risk of collision.
+
+In this new iteration, I'm using [Sqids](https://sqids.org/) to generate IDs. It's better, faster (I think), and it looks prettier. 
+
+For example, 
+
+- [https://trkt.in/2614aab104d](https://trkt.in/2614aab104d)
+- [https://trkt.in/WX](https://trkt.in/WX)
+
+These both link to the same website (my previous blog post), but one of them is a whole lot easier to remember.
+
+Also, this new version supports the `+` feature from bit.ly, where if you put a plus sign at the end of a URL it will show you what it links to. Try it! 
+
+I made the Docker image for Chela as small as I could without going off the deep end. The Chela binary is around 5Mb, and the full Docker image is just about 14Mb not including the Postgres dependency.
+
+If you're interested, feel free to check it out here: [https://trkt.in/oz](https://trkt.in/oz).

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+      <description>Lately, I've been interested in improving my URL shortener hosted at https://trkt.in. So I did!
+I present.. Chela!
+I named Chela off of the small claw on crabs because it's like the little claw compared to the big one. Ok, I admit the name is vague but I think it's cute.
+I built Chela in Rust using Axum as a server framework. It runs off of a Postgres database. It's very simple by design and also very fast. Using curl, I get a response in around a millisecond typically.
+In  my previous iteration of this project, I rather lazily generated IDs by hashing the URLs and then taking the first four or so letters. It was ugly and at increasing risk of collision.
+In this new iteration, I'm using Sqids to generate IDs. It's better, faster (I think), and it looks prettier.
+For example,
+
+https://trkt.in/2614aab104d
+https://trkt.in/WX
+
+These both link to the same website (my previous blog post), but one of them is a whole lot easier to remember.
+Also, this new version supports the + feature from bit.ly, where if you put a plus sign at the end of a URL it will show you what it links to. Try it!
+I made the Docker image for Chela as small as I could without going off the deep end. The Chela binary is around 5Mb, and the full Docker image is just about 14Mb not including the Postgres dependency.
+If you're interested, feel free to check it out here: https://trkt.in/oz.
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+      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately, I've been interested in improving my URL shortener hosted at <a href="https://trkt.in">https://trkt.in</a>. So I did!</p>
+<p>I present.. <strong>Chela!</strong></p>
+<p>I named Chela off of the small claw on crabs because it's like the little claw compared to the big one. Ok, I admit the name is vague but I think it's cute.</p>
+<p>I built Chela in Rust using Axum as a server framework. It runs off of a Postgres database. It's very simple by design and also very fast. Using <code>curl</code>, I get a response in around a millisecond typically.</p>
+<p>In  my previous iteration of this project, I rather lazily generated IDs by hashing the URLs and then taking the first four or so letters. It was ugly and at increasing risk of collision.</p>
+<p>In this new iteration, I'm using <a href="https://sqids.org/">Sqids</a> to generate IDs. It's better, faster (I think), and it looks prettier.</p>
+<p>For example,</p>
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+<li><a href="https://trkt.in/2614aab104d">https://trkt.in/2614aab104d</a></li>
+<li><a href="https://trkt.in/WX">https://trkt.in/WX</a></li>
+</ul>
+<p>These both link to the same website (my previous blog post), but one of them is a whole lot easier to remember.</p>
+<p>Also, this new version supports the <code>+</code> feature from bit.ly, where if you put a plus sign at the end of a URL it will show you what it links to. Try it!</p>
+<p>I made the Docker image for Chela as small as I could without going off the deep end. The Chela binary is around 5Mb, and the full Docker image is just about 14Mb not including the Postgres dependency.</p>
+<p>If you're interested, feel free to check it out here: <a href="https://trkt.in/oz">https://trkt.in/oz</a>.</p>
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