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  • rakoorakoo@blah.rako.space
    Oct 21, 2026, 10:59 AM
    @amy not a filesystem, but something like git-annex ?

    I'm currently toying with also-not-a-filesystem but basically an S3 endpoint on top of syncthing, following the cassandra quorum thing such that if a file is synced to 2 out of 3 nodes then it's available otherwise not. But it's still actually on your filesystem so if you need them it's there.

    In any case this is a part I'm also extra interested in

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  • rakoorakoo@blah.rako.space
    Oct 21, 2026, 11:28 AM
    @hipsterelectron
    To me the number one criterion is that I ask the system for a handle, which it gives me, and then I interact with the handle. The system manages state (ie concurrent writes basically)

    otoh, s3 and git-annex I interact as a whole. There's no session. _I_ have to manage state.

    The deuxfleurs team identified this as a core point for managing distributed storage: if the system manages storage then there aren't many possibilities, whereas if the app manages state it knows what can happen and can work around it. There's much more flexibility in there.

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  • d@nny disc@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run
    Oct 21, 2026, 11:44 AM

    @rakoo @amy yes!!!!!!! it's SO important to propagate information only the application can determine in order to optimize!

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  • wilhelmwil@macaw.social
    Oct 21, 2026, 11:14 AM

    @rakoo @amy @hipsterelectron i think it’s a pretty satisfying setup because it works on phones and computers pretty seamlessly. syncing specific folders on the mobile devices helps a bit. the volume is also exposed via copyparty in case i want to get at more stuff/stream my music files.

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  • amy tech (bones)amy@spookygirl.boo
    Oct 21, 2026, 11:14 AM

    @rakoo @hipsterelectron I honestly would put git-annex on the syncthing side of the slider. Basically all the partial syncs aren't terribly different from having a bunch of individual syncthing shares, and every action is a full commit of an object instead of byte-range updates.

    Your cassandra thing sounds quite interesting. You may also be intrigued by     pho.spookygirl.boo/book/jmap/article/largeblob_capability/ which I've partially implemented. It's sort of the foundation of some partial sync things I'm noodling on. Not super usable as-is, mostly a matter of exploring problem spaces

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  • rakoorakoo@blah.rako.space
    Oct 21, 2026, 1:54 PM
    @amy
    heh when the problem of sending a big blob comes up my instinct reaction is always "why can't I make a torrent out of it and let the receiver download it" because I feel it's already solved

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