Ask HN: What are your biggest frustrations with Google Drive/Box/Dropbox?

Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest frustrations with Google Dr... by Leftium on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:08PM (#34394107)

Being unable to ignore node_modules directories.

- There's no need to sync these directories. They can be recreated very quickly via `npm install` but the tons of tiny files take forever to sync.

- In addition, Dropbox locks these files causing npm to fail. So I often found myself pausing Dropbox just so I could use npm.

Fortunately, I found two solutions:

1. A script to tell DB to ignore node_modules directories based on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69655523/117030

2. OR https://www.insynchq.com/ can be configured with .gitignore-style rules.

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest frustrations with Google Dr... by n0rlant1s on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:01PM (#34404836)

I've never stored code on Dropbox. What's the use case for that? Why not store it only on Github?

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest frustrations with Google Dr... by Leftium on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:55PM (#34406626)

1. Dropbox automatically syncs all files right away. Github requires manual push, and does not sync new/unstaged changes (like intentionally .ignored .env files).

2. Private repositories used to be a Github paid feature.

3. Less "clutter" in my Github account.

4. More generally, I keep almost all important non-OS files in Dropbox including my home directory and portable apps.

- Simple way to ensure the files I don't want to lose are backed up.

- After a fresh OS (re-)install, just installing Dropbox gets my system 90% set up and ready for use.

- (Theoretically) I can work on my files from a USB drive on any computer.

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