How Many Feross's Can Fit in One URL?

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I decided to figure out how many times I could fit my name “Feross” in one URL, with each “Feross” serving a different function. Here is my result:

http://feross.feross.org/feross/feross.feross?feross=feross#feross

If you remove a single “feross” from the URL, then you fail and don’t get to see the secret stuff hidden at this location!

Can you name all the feross’s?

Every one serves a different function in the URL.

In order, they are:

  • subdomain
  • domain name
  • TLD - top level domain (technically, there isn’t a .feross …yet!)
  • folder
  • file name
  • file extension
  • “get” parameter
  • “get” value
  • URL anchor (or hash)

Yay for procrastination! Ok, back to studying for finals!

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Feross Aboukhadijeh

I'm Feross, an entrepreneur, programmer, open source author, and mad scientist.

I maintain 100+ packages on npm. All my code is freely accessible on GitHub and funded by my supporters. I now offer a support contract for companies and teams.

I build innovative projects like WebTorrent, a streaming torrent client for the web, WebTorrent Desktop, a slick torrent app for Mac/Windows/Linux, and StandardJS, a JavaScript style guide, linter, and automatic code fixer.

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