Firestarter now has a domain name
by Martin Capodici-- Firestarter is a starter kit for web apps, aimed at startups/solo businesses. It is open source MIT licensed. Here is the latest update: --
Yesterday I was desperate for a domain name for FIrestarter. I have started writing the docs and want a home for them. I want to see them on a domain.
I started off seeing all extensions for "firestarter". Most are taken. I was tempted by "firestarter.run", and aaaaalmost registered it.
Then I got concerned about using these lesser known top level domains, because I am not sure I trust them, for example if there is a ownership dispute or something like that, will they be fair? Is their infrastructure as good as .com?
So I then tried various dot .coms: "firestater.com" itself is obviously taken, and many versions of it are also taken. I eventually found a decent free domain I liked, and registered it:
This is quite a nice find. And the practice of adding a small word to your domain XYZ, like tryXYZ, getXYZ, useXYZ or in this case XYZapp, seems quite common and accepted for startup and startup-like sites.
I am in the process of setting this up now, so there isn't much to see, and what you do see may be incorrect. I will update this space when it is all ready, but for a preview you can visit:
Demo: https://demo.firestarterapp.com
Docs: https://docs.firestarterapp.com
Github: https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter
The www.firestarterapp.com is not set up yet. I'll do that once the docs are ready, and it will probably be a single landing page site explaining what this all is.
