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

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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

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

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

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

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:

  • Too expensive for personal use
  • Required self-hosting
  • Didn’t support custom subdomains

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

Try it out:

  • aws.glnk.dev/s3
  • gcp.glnk.dev/gke

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

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