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Stop Googling AWS/GCP Console URLs – Use Go-Links Instead

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Source: Dev.to | Dec 16, 2025 (UTC)

The Problem

If you work with AWS or GCP, you probably do this 10+ times a day:

  1. Open a new tab
  2. Type “aws s3 console” or “gcp bigquery”
  3. Click through Google results
  4. Finally land on the right page

Or maybe you have a bookmarks folder with 50+ URLs that’s impossible to navigate.

I got tired of this. So I built something simple.

The Solution: Go-Links

Go-links (also called short-links) are memorable URLs that redirect to longer ones. Companies like Google and LinkedIn use them internally (go/hr, go/wiki, etc.).

I made public go-links for AWS and GCP that anyone can use:

AWS Shortcuts → aws.glnk.dev

Shortcut

Destination

aws.glnk.dev/ec2

EC2 Instances

aws.glnk.dev/s3

S3 Buckets

aws.glnk.dev/lambda

Lambda Functions

aws.glnk.dev/iam

IAM Dashboard

aws.glnk.dev/rds

RDS Databases

aws.glnk.dev/eks

EKS Clusters

aws.glnk.dev/cloudwatch

CloudWatch

aws.glnk.dev/secrets

Secrets Manager

With region support:

aws.glnk.dev/ec2/us-west-2 → EC2 in us-west-2 aws.glnk.dev/lambda/eu-west-1 → Lambda in eu-west-1

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GCP Shortcuts → gcp.glnk.dev

Shortcut

Destination

gcp.glnk.dev/gke

GKE Clusters

gcp.glnk.dev/gcs

Cloud Storage

gcp.glnk.dev/bq

BigQuery

gcp.glnk.dev/gce

Compute Engine

gcp.glnk.dev/log

Cloud Logging

gcp.glnk.dev/iam

IAM

gcp.glnk.dev/gcf

Cloud Functions

gcp.glnk.dev/sql

Cloud SQL

With project support:

gcp.glnk.dev/bq/my-project → BigQuery for specific project gcp.glnk.dev/gke/my-project → GKE for specific project

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Pro Tip: Browser Address Bar

Instead of bookmarking, just type these directly in your browser’s address bar. Most browsers will autocomplete after you’ve used them once.

Want Your Own Subdomain?

Here’s where it gets interesting. You can get your own yourname.glnk.dev subdomain for free and create custom shortcuts:

# Example: lucetre.glnk.dev /github: https://github.com/lucetre /blog: https://lucetre.github.io /cal: https://calendly.com/lucetre /linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/lucetre

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Or create project-specific shortcuts:

# Example: yourteam.glnk.dev /prod-logs: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs?project=prod-123 /staging-db: https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds?region=us-west-2 /jira: https://yourcompany.atlassian.net /wiki: https://notion.so/yourcompany

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How It Works

  1. Sign up with GitHub at glnk.dev
  2. Choose your subdomain (yourname.glnk.dev)
  3. Add your shortcuts via the web UI or YAML file
  4. Done – your links are live instantly

The whole thing is open source: github.com/glnk-dev

Why I Built This

At my previous company, we had internal go-links and they were incredibly useful. When I left, I missed them. Existing solutions were either:

So I built glnk.dev to be free, simple, and give everyone their own memorable subdomain.

Try it out:

Let me know what shortcuts you’d find useful! 🚀

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