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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by wileydragonfly on Saturday December 14, 2024 @11:52AM (#42418116)
Won’t let me download? My work environment could really use something like this. Our electronic records are so vast that Windows search no longer works. And they refuse to delete anything. With paper files, after a certain number of years, we knew what to trash. That mentality hasn’t extended to electronic yet. As soon as someone gets nailed in audit discovery, I suppose…
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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by thatgurjot on Saturday December 14, 2024 @12:27PM (#42418294)
Hi, I am sure Buzee could be of great help to you! It certainly helps me out with my work which is quite similar to your scenario.

For Windows, you should try this link [1]. Unfortunately, it'll only work if you install it under admin privileges since I couldn't afford to buy a $500 code signing certificate. Otherwise, you could build the app on your machine from the source code! I'd be happy to help you with that.

Let me know how it works out.

[1]: https://buzee.co/download/#buzee-for-windows

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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by e12e on Saturday December 14, 2024 @01:49PM (#42418714)
Ugh, I tried looking into the state of codesigning foss apps for windows, and it's not great it seems.

https://github.com/gerardog/gsudo/issues/1#issuecomment-2111...

suggests either:

https://github.com/Azure/trusted-signing-action

Which is 10 USD/month - or publishing in the windows store:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/publish/?tabs...

https://github.com/marketplace/actions/microsoft-store-publi...

Not free either, but one time fee:

https://github.com/microsoft/store-submission/issues/15

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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by thatgurjot on Saturday December 14, 2024 @01:52PM (#42418731)
Yeah, it’s weird on Windows.

I paid Apple $99/year for code signing on Mac but at least it worked seamlessly. On Windows it seemed like the code signing process varies depending on where you buy the certificate from!

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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by scosman on Saturday December 14, 2024 @11:11PM (#42421407)
Azure looks good, but won’t approve you unless your company is 3 years old. They include this little important detail way to late in their docs (after you pay)
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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by klabb3 on Saturday December 14, 2024 @09:31PM (#42421044)
I got a digicert 1y with cloud signing on azure for less than $150. There are lots of resellers, and the one I found supports individuals. Now, MS should support trusted code signing ($10/mo) for individuals.

But yes, it absolutely sucks and it’s very easy to lose hope when developing for desktop. Every platform sucks in unique ways.

Hit me up if you wanna chat. /A fellow tauri app developer

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Re:Show HN: Open-sourcing my failed startup) Buzee – A file ... by szszrk on Saturday December 14, 2024 @12:31PM (#42418313)
GDPR helped a lot with that in my previous companies. They applied vicious "delete after X years" policies to everything (files, emails). There is an ability to change it to longer but each element requires action, like moving to special folder with different retention.

Absolutely bonkers, as the only metric is creation time, so good luck if you have a precious folder you forgot, with old contracts or something like that.

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