Spooky Localhost Dev Hack

Spooky dev environment hack: add 127.0.0.1 xn--9q8h to /etc/hosts and then all your dev servers can be accessed at http://👻 It's localhost! 6:54 AM · Jan 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App 1.5K Retweets 3.8K Likes

A dark-mode Twitter screenshot shows a developer joking about adding the punycode domain “xn--9q8h” to /etc/hosts, mapping it to 127.0.0.1 so local development servers can be accessed through a spooky ghost-themed URL. The punchline is that the frightening-looking address is simply localhost, making this a nerdy developer reaction meme about DNS, hosts files, and local servers.

• @dev_meme / 970 2020-01-18