I built a disposable chat for two people — does “temporary contact” make sense to anyone else?
I built a small web app called 410 around one simple idea:
Sometimes you want to talk to someone for a few minutes without exchanging Telegram usernames, phone numbers, emails, or creating a permanent contact.
With 410, you open the site, create a one-time link and send it to one person. Once they join, the conversation starts.
No account. No app install. No contact list. No permanent chat history.
The conversation can exist for up to 30 minutes. You can also destroy it at any time. Once it’s gone, the room no longer exists and the URL returns an actual HTTP 410 Gone.
Messages are end-to-end encrypted in the browsers.
The whole flow is basically:
create → share → talk → destroy → 410 Gone
What I’m actually trying to understand is whether “temporary contact” is useful as a concept on its own.
For example, I imagined using it when you meet someone through a forum, marketplace, comment section or community and want to talk privately without giving them a permanent way to contact you.
But maybe this is solving a problem that most people simply don’t have.
I’d really appreciate honest feedback:
Would you ever use something like this?
If yes, in what situation?
If not, what would make you just use Telegram / WhatsApp / Signal / Discord instead?
And if you try it, feel free to break things — duplicate tabs, reopen links, disconnect, reconnect, refresh at bad moments, etc.
Top comments (2)
This is such a clean concept, Gleb! The "temporary contact" idea is actually genius for marketplace meetups where you don't want to give out your real number.
Also, returning an actual HTTP 410 Gone status when the chat is destroyed? That is a massive developer flex. 😂
I'm a 12-year-old solo dev building an AI mentor app on my Android phone, and seeing stuff like this inspires me to keep shipping. Going to check out 410.chat right now! 🚀
I checked out 410.chat and the concept is genuinely brilliant. The "temporary contact" idea solves a real problem, and returning an actual HTTP 410 status when the room is destroyed is a massive dev flex. 😂
One piece of honest feedback as a fellow builder: the single missing piece to make this go viral is the UI.
I highly recommend checking out Kokonut UI (kokonutui.com). If you swap your current frontend components with theirs, the app will instantly look like a premium, Y-Combinator-backed Silicon Valley startup. It has those clean, modern dark-mode aesthetics that make people trust a privacy app instantly.
I'm a 12-year-old solo dev building an AI mentor app entirely on my Android phone, and seeing clever concepts like this keeps me inspired to ship. Great work, Gleb! 🚀