Customer Stories

How I Use Smoo.link Every Day for OGimage.gallery

November 15, 2025

"Short answer: because it keeps me sane."

OGimage.gallery is a tiny Internet project that grew faster than I expected. I started it as a simple personal curiosity: "what if I collect the best OG images on the web, carefully curated, clean, and fun to browse". Then people began sharing it, designers sent me links, and it slowly became... a thing.

The funny part is that the project itself is super small. But the backstage? Not so small.

I am constantly:

• adding new OG images
• sending previews to friends
• updating examples
• sharing new categories
• testing how links behave on Slack, Twitter, iMessage
• showing tiny updates to a few people before publishing

And that is exactly where Smoo.link quietly does its job.

One stable link for everything that moves

OG images move fast. I change things all the time. Instead of sending ten different URLs, I use one clean Smoo.link and simply point it to whatever I am working on.

Sometimes it is a draft.

Sometimes it is a private page.

Sometimes it is a brand new update I am not ready to publish yet.

Sometimes I just want to see how something renders in link previews without showing the whole site.

I keep the link stable.

I change the destination behind it.

Done.

"It looks tiny, but it changes the whole rhythm."

No "wait, that was not the right link".

No "can you send it again".

No friction.

It also helps me test link previews (a lot)

Since OGimage.gallery is literally about how links look, I test link previews constantly.

• Slack
• iMessage
• Telegram
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Discord
• Even weird platforms like Notion or Figma comments

It is part curiosity, part QA.

With Smoo.link, I can update the target URL, reload the preview, tweak an image, recheck the metadata, switch the destination again, all with the same short link.

"It is the fastest little loop."

Simple analytics for vibes, not performance

Smoo.link has click counts. Super small, super simple. That is enough for me.

Sometimes I use it for fun:

• Did people click that new OG image you shared on Twitter
• Did the "funny ones" category get more views than expected
• Did someone open a draft you only sent to two people
• Did a link explode because a big designer retweeted it

Not for "growth".

Just for curiosity.

It is like a heartbeat for small Internet ideas.

A tiny system that follows how I work

OGimage.gallery is a side project I work on at night or on a Sunday morning with a coffee. I do not want heavy tools. I do not want dashboards. I do not want anything that forces me to "manage" the project.

Smoo.link is the opposite:

• no noise
• no cookies
• no upsells
• no tracking nightmare
• no marketing funnel stuff

Just a clean link that does what I need.

"It stays out of the way so I can stay in build mode."

Honestly, I built Smoo.link for myself first

I have always loved simple Internet tools. When I had my agency years ago, I already made a minimal URL shortener because nothing felt clean enough.

Fast forward, I still wanted that same feeling: fast, reliable, quiet.

The kind of tool that feels like a small utility living in your dock or your menu bar. Something that helps without existing too much.

That is exactly why Smoo.link exists today. And OGimage.gallery is one of the places where I feel it the most.

A small tool that keeps my small tools alive

I love building things on the Internets. Most of them are tiny. None of them try to be big.

• OGimage.gallery
• Lil' Pixel Icon
• Papier
• Smoo.link
• and a few more experiments I tinker with on weekends

Smoo.link is the glue between all of them.

Not glamorous.

Not loud.

Just useful.

"And that is enough for me."

If you want to use it too, it costs one euro a month. Simple pricing, simple tool.

— Luc