Google registered the .dev gTLD for their internal use. So I've been doing the same, hijacking all requests for the .dev gTLD and serving up my own zones.

That's fine until Google buys your company. :)

I am willing to take that risk. :)

I will not be that sad.

Google has both .dev and .prod.

FYI, some Linux distributions default to .localdomain instead.

But for my machines, I just use a domain that I own.

That's why i use sometimes simply .loc.. :)

The annoying part is that Chrome treats valid (g)TLDs differently. If you type test.dev in your browser it will try to resolve test.dev. But if you type test.loc, it will google for test.loc.

There are a lot of workarounds sure, but try explaining that to everyone else.