Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Operator timezone is not just a setup question
Why vanityURLs asks for an IANA operator timezone and where that value shows up after setup.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
5 min read
vanityURLs' secret sauce is a JSON ledger
Why vanityURLs keeps a structured Cloudflare dashboard capture beside the documentation, and where to watch for Workers, domain protection, and Zero Trust changes.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Cloudflare products vanityURLs leaves out
The Cloudflare products vanityURLs documents as non-baseline, and why they stay outside the default setup.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
3 min read
Do not turn every Cloudflare knob
Which Cloudflare dashboard features a vanityURLs instance should leave alone unless there is a specific operational reason.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Do not delete a link to change its meaning
Use lifecycle states to make short-link behavior explicit without deleting history or losing operational intent.
Getting Started
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Random slugs still have human readers
How vanityURLs balances short random slugs, readability, and tag-specific defaults.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Cloudflare Access is not a checkbox
When to review Cloudflare Access settings and where to look when private vanityURLs paths are blocked
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
You do not need to restart from scratch
How npm run upgrade and npm run setup let an existing vanityURLs instance receive product updates without rebuilding the instance from zero.
Getting Started
Benoît H. Dicaire
1 min read
Where to start customizing vanityURLs
A practical map for choosing the first customization area after a plain vanityURLs instance is online.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
When scheduled links are useful
Use scheduled links when one stable short link should point somewhere different during known time windows.
Releases
Benoît H. Dicaire
4 min read
Release checklist for a vanityURLs instance
A compact production checklist for launching or upgrading a vanityURLs instance on Cloudflare.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Reading your vanityURLs admin dashboard
Use the protected _stats dashboard to inspect routes, lifecycle states, and metadata quality without turning vanityURLs into a CMS.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
Owner labels for short-link change history
Why vanityURLs records a small owner label beside links, and how it helps teams understand who changed what.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
2 min read
What comes next for v8s.link
A roadmap for making v8s easier to install, update, and operate without making the runtime heavier.
Operations
Benoît H. Dicaire
5 min read
Instance compliance
Good-faith public pages and disclosures for a vanityURLs instance without over-promising legal compliance.