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Functional scope

Select what your MVP must support. Core flows are pre-selected.

Create short URLGenerate short links via API/UIRedirect by slugResolve slug to destinationCustom aliasAllow requester to choose slugBasic click analyticsTrack total clicks and last seenRate limitingThrottle abusive clientsAdmin deleteAdmin can revoke short links

Non-functional targets

Start with these baseline numbers; you can tighten them later.

Read throughput (requests per second)Write throughput (requests per second)P95 redirect latency (ms)Availability target

Keep read latency low by serving redirects from cache or edge. Database must not sit on the hot redirect path.

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