The latest articles on DEV Community by Mattias Vaher (@ele_bele_a01fc5861ebd1956). https://dev.to/ele_bele_a01fc5861ebd1956 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4024593%2F52273d32-6522-41a3-b746-85bbc8ee8026.png https://dev.to/ele_bele_a01fc5861ebd1956 en Mattias Vaher Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:42:19 +0000 https://dev.to/ele_bele_a01fc5861ebd1956/i-got-tired-of-every-good-domain-being-taken-so-i-built-my-own-solution-zerotaken-2494 https://dev.to/ele_bele_a01fc5861ebd1956/i-got-tired-of-every-good-domain-being-taken-so-i-built-my-own-solution-zerotaken-2494 <p>A few months ago I started another side project. The hardest part wasn't writing code.</p> <p>It wasn't designing the UI.</p> <p>It wasn't deployment.</p> <p>It was finding a domain name.</p> <p>I'd come up with a name I liked, search for it, and... it was taken.</p> <p>Again.</p> <p>And again.</p> <p>After wasting far too much time repeating that cycle, I decided to build a tool to help me instead.</p> <p>That project became <a href="https://zerotaken.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZeroTaken</a>.</p> <p>One thing I learned while building it is that generating names is actually the easy part. The difficult part is generating names that are both meaningful and still available.</p> <p>That turned into the main goal of the project.</p> <p>I'm still improving it, and I'm sure there are things I haven't thought of yet.</p> <p>So I'd love to hear from other developers and founders.</p> <p>How do you normally name your projects?</p> <p>Do you have a process, or do you just brainstorm until something sticks?</p> <p>What's the most frustrating part of finding a good domain?</p> <p>If you're curious, you can also see what I've been building:</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://zerotaken.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://zerotaken.com</a></p> <p>I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback or ideas.</p> webdev startup saas productivity