I wonder if he considered that even under a domain/host/path format, an autocomplete could probably be designed to ignore the domain and search the host.
Eg, if you're searching for com/welcometothejungle/en/collections/behindthecode, just start typing "welcometothejungle" and autocomplete will find that substring and return the full URL.
Whats the issue with having the domain name, an essentially flat map from name to number, going from least general to most general, and a path, representing a file system tree, going from most general down its nodes to the most specific?
Is the argument they make up two parts of a url, and thus should behave the same way? Seems a bit superficial.
Yeah if your objective is differentiate between domain and file system path then that’s one way of doing it. That might help with parse-ability, especially if your protocol allows for an optional subdomain which may or not be there, so having a clear separation b/t domain and path might be useful. Hard to know without having been there when these decisions were being made.
Eg, if you're searching for com/welcometothejungle/en/collections/behindthecode, just start typing "welcometothejungle" and autocomplete will find that substring and return the full URL.