CNAME improvement
The use of the path /applications/{ID} is OK.
What would make it even better is being able to shorten that to something more meaningful.
For instance, in our case we use the FQDN (CNAME)
Join.TheIOFoundation.org
If we could customize the rest of the URL, you could have
Join.TheIOFoundation.org/AsBusinessDeveloper
Join.TheIOFoundation.org/ToDesignOurBrand
You get the picture.