Electricity here is 27 yen/kWh so my home server dreams died fast. Running scripts on a VPS makes way more sense. $5 is like one convenience store bento. I should look into this
8-char NTLM found in 4min 32sec
Drop catching .io at 4am—anyone else running scripts?
My buddy used Namecheap API for his thing too. Said their sandbox was useless, had to test in prod like an animal. Lost a few good names that way. Shared hosting survivor instinct says always have a fallback API
Test in prod is the only way with dropcatching, the sandboxes never simulate the timing right. Ive watched drops from Dublin, registry queue is a black box. Youre racing light and luck
Yeah Namecheap sandbox is a joke. I test against their real API with cheap tlds nobody wants. Burned like $30 learning but better than missing a good one. My script logs every response code now, 200 vs 400 vs timeout, all of it
This is fascinating. How do you even find which domains are dropping? Is there a public list or do you scrape whois?
There are lists, expireddomains dot net and others. Some paid some free. I just watch the short ones, 4-5 letters. Anything longer is trash unless its a real word. You learn to spot patterns after a while
Expireddomains is bible!!! Also park.io for .io specifically!!! But everyone uses same lists so you need speed or luck!!! I do both!!!
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Joy
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My VPS is $3/year from some Russian reseller, slower than my coffee getting cold. No way I compete with you guys. Just reading for entertainment
Riga to Amsterdam latency is decent, KnownHost Amsterdam could work for EU dropcatching. Never tried though. My servers just host static sites and redirect logs to /dev/null where they belong
/dev/null: full of good ideas
tinaworm
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Same city, same idea. I run scrap hardware from local auctions, nothing that would survive a drop race. Bought a dead Dell once for 5 euro, replaced caps, still runs pihole. Different game entirely
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