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0 pointsvertex-four8y ago0 comments

To ensure that nobody else does. Google uses .dev pervasively for projects - if someone were to buy .dev and sell domains in it on the global DNS infrastructure, then myfancynewproject.dev would resolve to something entirely different from within Google than from outside it.

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Chaebixi8y ago

> To ensure that nobody else does. Google uses .dev pervasively for projects - if someone were to buy .dev and sell domains in it on the global DNS infrastructure, then myfancynewproject.dev would resolve to something entirely different from within Google than from outside it.

So basically Google decided to break everyone else, because they were afraid someone would break them. They should be more considerate of other developers who use .dev internally like them.

dragonwriter8y ago

Well, sure. If everyone had just followed the RFCs and used “test”, this wouldn't have been a problem, since lots of people didn't, most of them were going to get broken at sometime (unless someone submitted and got approved an RFC to reserve “dev” like “test”.)

Once the gTLD landgrab was announced, it was too late to push the new RFC approach, and it was likely someone was going to get the gTLD.

Someone who was using it for internal use like Google is probably less disruptive to existing users (even with their HSTS action) than if it had been someone who wanted to sell it for public use, which would have produced real chaos.

mdekkers8y ago

They should be more considerate of other developers who use .dev internally like them.

Why? What do they owe anyone?

Chaebixi8y ago

>> They should be more considerate of other developers who use .dev internally like them.

> Why? What do they owe anyone?

Your attitude is the root cause of so many problems.

The have a moral obligation to not be jerks. If you're not aware, one of the things jerks are known for is acting selfishly with no concern for how their actions affect others.

Google shouldn't have been allowed to buy a gTLD like dev in the first place. But, since it has and Google only plans on using it internally, it should only use it in ways that don't break existing usages.

delroth8y ago

> Google uses .dev pervasively for projects

Do you have any source for this statement?

CydeWeys8y ago

There is no source because it's not an accurate statement.

YouAreGreat8y ago

If that's true, wouldn't the right plan of action be for everybody to continue using dev as if it was a reserved TLD? Just pretend Google paid off ICANN to make it safe.

CydeWeys8y ago

> Google uses .dev pervasively for projects

What are you talking about????

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Chaebixi8y ago

So basically Google decided to break everyone else, because they were afraid someone would break them. They should be more considerate of other developers who use .dev internally like them.

dragonwriter8y ago

Once the gTLD landgrab was announced, it was too late to push the new RFC approach, and it was likely someone was going to get the gTLD.

mdekkers8y ago

They should be more considerate of other developers who use .dev internally like them.

Why? What do they owe anyone?

Chaebixi8y ago

>> They should be more considerate of other developers who use .dev internally like them.

> Why? What do they owe anyone?

Your attitude is the root cause of so many problems.

The have a moral obligation to not be jerks. If you're not aware, one of the things jerks are known for is acting selfishly with no concern for how their actions affect others.

delroth8y ago

> Google uses .dev pervasively for projects

Do you have any source for this statement?

CydeWeys8y ago

There is no source because it's not an accurate statement.

YouAreGreat8y ago

If that's true, wouldn't the right plan of action be for everybody to continue using dev as if it was a reserved TLD? Just pretend Google paid off ICANN to make it safe.

CydeWeys8y ago

> Google uses .dev pervasively for projects

What are you talking about????

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse