choto.cc

Students and small businesses in Bangladesh lacked access to a locally-optimized, affordable link management platform with real-time analytics and branded short links.

Built a production-grade URL shortener with global analytics, password-protected links, auto-expiration, branded aliases, link-in-bio microsites, and dynamic trackable QR codes — all on Edge infrastructure.

• 01Real-time global analytics: geographic location, referring domain, device, OS tracking
• 02Interactive regional maps, UTM tracking, bot/crawler filtering
• 03Password-protected links, automatic expiration dates, custom-branded aliases
• 04Link-in-bio microsite builder for consolidated social presence
• 05Dynamic QR codes that allow destination URL updates without re-printing

• →99.9% uptime via Edge infrastructure
• →Freemium model serving .edu.bd/.ac.bd students
• →Production-ready platform with real users

Building for Edge infrastructure required rethinking data access patterns and embracing serverless-first architecture.