Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-deps, edge-ready

Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:33AM (#44246110)

I found the words used to describe this jarring - to me it makes sense to have an s3 client on my computer, but less so client side on a webapp. On further reading, it makes sense, but highlighting what problem this package solves in the first few lines of the readme would be valuable for people like me at least

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by JimDabell on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:26AM (#44246440)

I think “for node and edge platforms” and “No browser support!” makes this pretty clear? Those are in the title and first paragraph.

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:56PM (#44252261)

I think if you asked the average IT person what those buzzwords mean, you’ll find the answer unclear…

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by JimDabell on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:45AM (#44254599)

I was responding to this:

> to me it makes sense to have an s3 client on my computer, but less so client side on a webapp

The relevant audience in this situation is not the average IT person, but a person who might mistake this for client-side web app functionality.

If you think that something might run in the browser, then “no browser support!” is not complicated jargon that you won’t understand.

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by willwade on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:45AM (#44246177)

I have a good suspicion this has been written with help from an LLM. The heavy use of emojis and strong hyper confident language is the giveaway. Proof: my own repos look like this after they’ve had the touch of cursor / windsurf etc. still doesn’t take away if the code is useful or good.

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by neon_me on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:21AM (#44246406)

tbh - english is not my mother-language so i do help myself with copy and typos ... but, if it feels uncomfy please feel free to open PR - I want it to be as reasonable as possible

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by gchamonlive on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:51AM (#44246210)

> to me it makes sense to have an s3 client on my computer, but less so client side on a webapp

What do you mean with a webapp?

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by neon_me on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:20AM (#44246391)

he expected to be s3 client on desktop/local machhine

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Re:Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-... by gchamonlive on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @12:24PM (#44249216)

It's a typescript client it seems. While you can bundle it in a webapp, typescript application goes beyond just web applications, this is why I was confused.

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