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by klodolph 1890 days ago
> There are probably battle tested implementations in e.g. Python, Java or other safe-ish languages to build on?

My experience... there aren't a ton of choices in this space. There are a few FTP servers designed to power B2B backend services. Many of the options are designed only to provide access to the local filesystem.
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axiolite 1890 days ago
> My experience... there aren't a ton of choices in this space. There are a few FTP servers designed to power B2B backend services. Many of the options are designed only to provide access to the local filesystem.

The "local filesystem" doesn't have to be a local file system. It's just a good, common abstraction useful for interoperability. Why not "rclone mount" your Google Drive, or use some other FUSE based file system to get easy interoperability between legacy FTP servers and modern storage options?

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klodolph 1890 days ago
I don't think I agree that the local filesystem is a good, common abstraction. It's a serviceable abstraction most of the time, and a terrible abstraction at other times. This isn't just some contrarian stance I'm taking--I've just spent too much time fighting with filesystem semantics on too many OSs.

Going through FUSE is, in my mind, a last resort.

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