Working Code Podcast - Episode 199: Country Code TLDs

All 2-character top level domains (TLDs) represent country codes. For example, .us is the TLD for the United States; .ai is the TLD for Anguilla; and, .io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory. In addition to their original purpose, these TLDs have been heavily co-opted by the tech sector. Normally this wouldn't be an issue; however, the British government has recently ceded control over the India Ocean's Chagos island. This may obviate the need for an .io TLD. Which could mean—in theory—that .io domains eventually stop working. This gives us a moment to pause and reflect upon the practice of overloading country code TLDs.

All that and more on this week's show:

... featuring these beautiful, beautiful people:

• Adam Tuttle → Website, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Carol Weiler → Twitter, LinkedIn
• Tim Cunningham → Twitter, LinkedIn
• Ben Nadel (that's me) → Website, Twitter, LinkedIn

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

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