So I got hold of a domain that shows my exact full name. I thought it would be useful for showing up as “professional” when working in IT and sending resumes.

I got some mail forwarded using the domain registrar. I also made a small static website, which only has hello world for now but soon will get the contents filled up.

But then… what? I suppose I can host anything I want, but then there’s the whole “real name - gotta look professional” aspect that makes me weary of hosting a Lemmy instance, for example, when the domain without my name attached wouldn’t.

I suppose having personal domains were cool in the 90s where people were barely learning about “the internets”. Not so anymore?

Is there a usefulness in having a domain name with your real name attached on this age?

  • @Batman@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    What I did (a few years ago now) was add http authentication to the ports where I ran my personal projects and left my projects port public. Don’t think I have to worry about recruiters brute forcing a password, hah.

    I think it adds a little credibility to the fact that it’s actually you.