Re:The time has come to replace file systems
by everforward on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:25AM
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> it will be constrained to a narrow subset of directories and ignore the other 199.9 million files or whatever.
I think this is a vastly underrated point. I am usually not interested in searching the majority of files on my filesystem. I can't remember the last time I needed to search through system files for normal computer use reasons.
I also think the author completely skips over how to handle related files. If my application needs to load a library, how does it find the file to use? If it's by name, how are name clashes handled? I suppose it could be by tag, with built-in tags, but then you won't be able to change the tags without having to change configs or the binary itself.
I think this is a vastly underrated point. I am usually not interested in searching the majority of files on my filesystem. I can't remember the last time I needed to search through system files for normal computer use reasons.
I also think the author completely skips over how to handle related files. If my application needs to load a library, how does it find the file to use? If it's by name, how are name clashes handled? I suppose it could be by tag, with built-in tags, but then you won't be able to change the tags without having to change configs or the binary itself.