A simple, serverless short URL generator built on Val Town using React and SQLite.

• 🌐 Generate short URLs for any long URL
• 💾 Persistent storage using SQLite
• 🚀 Instant redirection
• 🎨 Clean, minimal React interface

1. Enter a long URL in the input field
2. Click "Generate Short URL"
3. Receive a unique, short URL
4. Share and use the short URL, which will redirect to the original link

• Built with React (client-side)
• Uses Val Town's SQLite for URL mapping storage
• Generates a random 5-character short code
• Serverless deployment on Val Town

Long URL: `https://very-long-url.com/with-many-parameters\` Short URL: `https://your-val-domain.web.val.run/ab123\`

• Short codes are randomly generated (potential for rare collisions)
• No custom short code option
• URLs are stored indefinitely

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