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+One of the gifts I have received from a career in tech is some gnarly RSI. It sucks. My life is considerably better the more I can use a keyboard and the less I can use a mouse. For the longest time the biggest obstacle for me was the web browser, all of which seemed to lean on the mouse over anything else. I recently discovered [qutebrowser](https://www.qutebrowser.org/) though and it is an absolute game changer. It has some limitations, and occasionally I have to jump to Vivaldi or similar to get something working. For the most part though it is now my daily driver and I love it.
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+As an avid user of pen and paper for note taking I have had endless trouble figuring out how to store url's without having to write them out in full. I seem to have found a solution to this issue with [urlref](https://benjaminhollon.com/musings/urlref/) from the fantastic [Benjamin Hollon](https://polymaths.social/@amin). I did have a little bit of fun setting up for myself though so I am documenting here in case it is helpful to anyone, including future me.
+## Installation
+### Install Nim
+**Arch Linux:**
+```bash
+sudo pacman -S nim nimble
+```
+**Other distributions:**
+See https://nim-lang.org/install.html
+### Build
+```bash
+cd urlref
+nimble build
+```
+### Install system-wide (optional)
+```bash
+nimble install
+```
+This installs the binary to `~/.nimble/bin/`. Ensure it's in your PATH:
+```bash
+export PATH="$HOME/.nimble/bin:$PATH"
+```
+## Usage
+### Create a short reference
+```bash
+urlref create "https://example.com/some/long/url"
+# Output: ABC
+```
+### Start the redirect server
+```bash
+urlref
+```
+The server runs on port 9873. Visiting `http://localhost:9873/ABC` redirects to the original URL.
+## Examples
+### systemd service
+```bash
+[Unit]
+Description=URL Reference Redirect Server
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=%h/.nimble/bin/urlref
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+```
+### qutebrowser Integration
+This [[10-19 LIFE/13 TECH SETUP/13.11 APPS/qutebrowser]] integration works for me, you are on your own for other browsers!
+#### Userscript
+Should live at `~/.local/share/qutebrowser/userscripts`
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+# Qutebrowser userscript to shorten the current URL using urlref
+
+shortcode=$(~/.nimble/bin/urlref create "$QUTE_URL")
+
+if [ -n "$shortcode" ]; then
+    echo "message-info 'Shortcode: $shortcode'" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
+    echo "yank inline $shortcode" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
+else
+    echo "message-error 'Failed to create shortcode'" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
+fi
+```
+
+Bind it to a key
+```python
+config.bind('ar', 'spawn --userscript urlref-shorten')
+```
+
+Add a custom search engine
+```python
+c.url.searchengines['r'] = 'http://localhost:9873/{}'
+```