Sorry about that! Our authentication is handled by clerk.com and I think they had a short outage: status.clerk.com/incident/508... Could you please try signing in again? Thank you for your patience!

There's some great other options like aviary.domains which take a different approach. I look forward to seeing what you come up with :)

thank you, good catch! I've fixed that and also added the "Add new domain" button to the dashboard for small screens :)

Yes, we used the same method! The server itself is open source (github.com/prompt/handl...). At a high level: `at.handles.net` is an instance of handles-server which uses the handles.net database to validate handles through the postgres provider.

there's no upper limit, although the interface might need some tweaks to be able to display millions of handles! The system powers handles.club which has over 3,500 registered handles so far :)

Sorry about that! You can click the 3 lines icon at the top right. I'm working on some improvements now to make it easier! :) Here's some screenshots:
bsky.app/profile/hand...

Sorry about that, the mobile interface needs work, I'll make some changes to improve the experience (as the tour was designed for desktop). You can click on the menu at the top right to navigate to the add domain page. You can also click the blue @ at the bottom right to talk to me directly :)

Great news! Fortinet and CRDF have both removed the domain from their lists: once your software updates, you should be able to access the site. Thank you (and @thesmilinglemon.bsky.social) for flagging the issue, very much appreciated :)

Thank you very much! I've tracked down the source of the issue and submitted a request for the website to be reevaluated. I'll let you know once I have confirmation that it has been unblocked :)

Apologies! The domain name is over 25 years old so it is possible it was used for nefarious things prior to my ownership. What anti-virus software do you both use @thesmilinglemon.bsky.social? I will investigate getting the domain name re-evaluated by the software you're both using. Thanks!

A block list is a great idea, too. Thank you. I'll make a note about that. Do you have any specific names in mind that you would like to block? I think opt-in lists could be helpful (e.g: a list of common impersonation names, a list of offensive names) alongside the option to block individual names.

Thank you fellow .net appreciator, it is the most underrated TLD. I tried to negotiate the price down but I loved it too much and so within a few hours I negotiated myself into paying the list price (of $1,500).

@nick.scialli.me is exactly right! Just a single DNS record using wildcard DNS. The server is open source in case you'd like to run your own or see under the hood: github.com/prompt/handl... :)

the pricing is mostly just a guess about what might be reasonable pricing, there's no feature restrictions at the moment: you're welcome to any features (including email based handles) for free forever if they'd be useful to you :)

thank you very much for the feedback! I will update the navigation item, and also add a separate link to the sign-up page (for open or apply domains) so that the flow is clearer. I'll let you know once that change is live!

very interesting! we're currently advertising via reddit and google ads, being able to put that money into the bluesky ecosystem instead would be great :)

Did you find a method that can be used with just a URL -- no API lookup? I built avatars.dog which uses the API but I dream of a simpler implementation.