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nklswbr

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I'm Niklas Weber — a software engineer, writer, and founder.

Blog: https://www.nklswbr.com/blog

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nklswbr··on Google owns .new, but never registered gem.new
Google controls the .new TLD and uses it across their own products: docs.new, sheets.new, slides.new, meet.new.

They also call Gemini's custom AI agents "Gems". The creation flow is literally titled "New Gem".

Under Google's own registry rules, any .new domain must instantly initiate a creation flow, which is exactly what creating a new Gem does.

gem.new is still unregistered.

nklswbr··on The case for shorter .com domains
I’ve noticed more companies shortening their .com domains over time, sometimes years after launch. I collected a few examples in this post and was curious if others here have seen similar trends or have more examples.
nklswbr··on Material-UI is releasing v5 and rebrands to mui.com
I really like the theme you are using for the new documentation and the customized themed components you are showing on the landing page https://mui.com/. Are these themes publicly available somewhere?