Fair enough :D while most modern browsers support ~2-3kb of url data, these long links do break already in a lot of places like iMessage and Slack link parsing.

I’m planning on integrating with a url shortener service to shrink the urls by request in the editor, to address this issue.

Url shortener links still kinda look like spam though…

Another consideration is that they can be exported to QR code, or placed in links on other pages so you’re not ever really interacting with the full URL - like how you got there from HN. Alas, workaround and not an actual solution to your point.