Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web
by toomim on Saturday January 04, 2020 @08:30PM
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One issue that networked filesystems have is with mutations, especially with multiple writers. WebDAV, NFS, etc. try to address this with locking, but that doesn't allow simultaneous writes, which means it's dangerous to work offline. It's possible to solve this by using an OT or CRDT algorithm behind the scene. This is what we are building into an extension of HTTP called braid (https://braid.news). It could be useful for a web-backed filesystem. It automates synchronization.
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Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web
by layoutIfNeeded on Saturday January 04, 2020 @09:09PM
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Thanks for the shameless plug, but what does this have to do with WebFS?