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Wouldn’t it be so much better if domains were specified the other way?

new.github.repo

It makes more sense and sounds better in most languages too

Although from the point of view of HTTP we already have verbs for that. It should really be

POST github/repo

Or maybe in user friendly display:

new github/repo

I guess maybe usa.github and in.github can be different domains because different organizations may have same name in diff countries

Treating a TLD as a verb is just silly. It comes at the end of the sentence...

Also it encourages stuff like repo.new to be owned by only one company - github - but what about atlassian butbucket etc?

Better to just have decreasing specificity. Like you have after the slash!



Actually, I feel like `new` can be a really good command line tool. Think about it:

- new `github/repo` will open a browser tab for new github repo

- new `text` <document-name> will create a new txt document

can be extended by adding more definitions


"Treating a TLD as a verb is just silly. It comes at the end of the sentence..."

Yes, ending a sentence in English with a verb is definitely something that you never do. Can you imagine how ridiculous that'd be?!


You should read Mark Twain’s essay about the “terrible German language”.

Fine — it’s not a verb, it’s an adjective after a noun.


> POST github/repo

YES. Give HTTP verbs a place in the URL bar. That'd be huge.




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