My Quick Hack: Readable YouTube URLs

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=893847

by _cbsz • 17 years ago

8 10 17 years ago

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will the video change if the search results change?

_cbsz4• 17 years ago

IMO it should, but right now I use a SQLite database as a permanent cache, so the video will never change. As soon as I get the urge to slack off some more, I'll just plug in Django's memcached support and set the expiration to a day or two.

fnid• 17 years ago

I'm kind of shocked that you are using SQLite to power this site. I suppose it'd be easy to move to something better, but still...

avibryant• 17 years ago

I get the following: "OperationalError at /paul-graham". Which has to be a bug; pg doesn't have operational errors.

rgrieselhuber• 17 years ago

There is a Chuck Norris joke in there somewhere.

_cbsz4• 17 years ago

You caught me while I was monkeying with caching.

jeff18• 17 years ago

Cool, but this is like 4 lines of pseudo-code. Do you really need to post it on Hacker News?

ihumanable• 17 years ago

I think what would be infinitely more useful is some kind of jQuery plugin that would create a tooltip with the clip title in it for every youtube link. I put http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI on a webpage and the tooltip displays "Rejected Cartoons by: Don Hertzfeldt" You could make it into a firefox extension or jetpack extension.

_cbsz4• 17 years ago

That doesn't work in other applications, like desktop instant messengers.

My Quick Hack: Readable YouTube URLs

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