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Your comment instantly made my brain jump to https://downdetectorsdowndetector.com/
How do I know if they are both down or if it's my internet?
Got you covered fam. https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/
How long can a URL be?
One of the more frustrating parts of Internet standards is that there is no defined limit. You just get to keep going and going until some piece of software in the chain mysteriously breaks.
http://theofficialabsolutelongestdomainnameregisteredontheworldwideweb.international/
The URL query string doesn't have a fixed max length, but if you're worried about the length of a get you should already be using a post.
Great news, there's a down detector for the down detector's down detector. They even have a down detector for the down detector's down detector down detector
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My life has been enriched, learning about this