imclaren

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   by imclaren 8mo ago

   I suggest saving the files as text/markdown and sending them to your children as an email zip file. You could also print a book and give copies to your children and grandchildren. “Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload thei
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   by imclaren 8mo ago

   I built a go caldav server and client for my task management app ( http://calmtasks.com ) and had a similar experience, which surprised me. Go generally has at least one good, working, and well documented implementation for all s
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   by imclaren 9mo ago

   calmshows - discover and organise shows and movies: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/calmshows/id6749471333 ios and web app and openapi spec
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   by imclaren 2y ago

   I was bitten by this using aws’s golang sdk. The nuance is that Amazon updated their sdk so that the default is that the sdk no longer works for third party services that do not use the new checksum. There is a new configuration option in
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   by imclaren 2y ago

   Great!
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   by imclaren 2y ago

   This is nice! Maybe add a unified timeline for all sources?
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   by imclaren 2y ago

   Great question! Most of the articles I read only focus on apps with multiple millions of users, but most software has a much smaller user base. I assume that most things I build will only be used by me and a small group of users, and somet
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   by imclaren 2y ago

   For most web apps I like magic link over email with cookie sessions that expire after 30 days. JWT for apis authorised by email magic links. No passwords to be hacked. No third party dependencies.
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   by imclaren 2y ago

   FWIW having built a sync service I can tell you that this is an issue in practice, and you have to test for these differences in any event.
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    by imclaren 2y ago

    Hmm the macOS photos folders have this many files so I’m not sure it’s an edge case to sync this many files between at least 2 clients. And the issues you mention are real even when syncing relatively static large folders. But you’re right
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    by imclaren 2y ago

    I think that you can’t build it in a weekend. Well I couldn’t. As soon as you try to rapidly and reliably sync, say, 20k+ files over 3+ clients with intermittent internet connections, it gets surprisingly complicated.
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    by imclaren 2y ago

    I know this doesn’t help, but I reached the point where I just built my own alternative: https://calmdocs.com It was a lot of work but now I can sync multiple folders at once on macOS, not use the macOS file provider api, sync t