CRITICAL FIX:
- Tested 22,799 "dropped" domains - 0 (ZERO!) were actually available
- All were immediately re-registered by drop-catching services
- Zone file analysis is useless without availability verification
Changes:
- process_drops() now verifies each domain is actually available
- Only stores domains that pass availability check
- Filters to valuable domains first (short, no numbers, no hyphens)
- Limits to 500 candidates per sync to avoid rate limiting
- Adds progress logging during verification
This ensures the Drops tab only shows domains users can actually register.
1. Deploy Pipeline v3.0:
- Zero-downtime frontend deployment (build while server runs)
- Atomic switchover only after successful build
- Server stays up during entire npm install + npm run build
2. Navigation:
- Removed "Intel" from public navigation (use Discover instead)
3. Drops Auto-Cleanup:
- New scheduler job every 4 hours to verify drops availability
- Automatically removes domains that have been re-registered
- Keeps drops list clean with only actually available domains
