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302 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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mohsen1 ◴[10 Apr 25 14:49 UTC] No.43644362[source]▶
Avoid using `.local`. In my experience Chrome does not like it with HTTPS. It takes much much longer to resolve. I found a Chrome bug relating to this but do not have it handy to share. `.localhost` makes more sense for local development anyways.
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1. rcarmo ◴[10 Apr 25 14:58 UTC] No.43644480[source]▶
.local is mDNS/Rendezvous/Bonjour territory. In some cases it takes longer to resolve because your machine will multicast a query for the owner of the name.

I use it extensively on my LAN with great success, but I have Macs and Linux machines with Avahi. People who don't shouldn't mess with it...