When we first got QuickShort links working, they were functional but blind.
We knew people could click them, but we had no way to track or measure usage.

That changes now.

We’ve wired up CloudFront Real-Time Logs into a Kinesis Data Stream, with a Lambda consumer to process click events. This lets us capture every hit in near real-time and run simple accounting on which links are being used.

Click Tracking Flow Diagram

With this flow in place, we now have the building blocks to answer questions like:

  • Which links are most popular?
  • How many clicks are happening in a given time window?
  • Are there suspicious patterns (like bot traffic)?

This is just the start. Over time we’ll layer in aggregation, storage, and analytics dashboards. For now, QuickShort can finally see itself being used.