Re:Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M
by nvr219 on Monday January 28, 2019 @10:53AM
(#19018392)
Literally all I want from Dropbox is to sync files between my various devices. I am not interested in doing anything else with it.
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Re:Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M
by PurpleRamen on Monday January 28, 2019 @11:58AM
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I think improving on the syncing-workflow and enhancing it to offer more then just syncing would be something useful. Something like automated actions, or filters.
I store sourcecode in my dropbox, and I really would prefer a way to not sync certain junk-files from compiling-process. Or let it automatically commit to a git-repo if there are changes in certain folders. Something like IFTTT for files seems a sane solution that dropbox seem to miss for a long time now.
Re:Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M
by zawerf on Monday January 28, 2019 @05:09PM
(#19021548)
I do something like this with their CLI to ignore node_modules folders for js dev on mac/linux:
exclude_folders=$(find . -type d -name "node_modules")
dropbox exclude add $exclude_folders
dropbox exclude list # Sanity check
Re:Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M
by Nullabillity on Monday January 28, 2019 @02:33PM
(#19020328)
Incron[1] is pretty great for "do X when file Y changes"-style rules.
[1]: http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&page=about&lang=en
Re:Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M
by TuringNYC on Monday January 28, 2019 @04:53PM
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Thats what I wanted it for. Then a single license magically turned into 5 enterprise licenses, became impossible to cancel, and drove me away from the company forever. I mean...$750/yr to sync files?
Please dont mess up HelloSign like you did with the parent company!