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by hsbauauvhabzb 376 days ago
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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I think “for node and edge platforms” and “No browser support!” makes this pretty clear? Those are in the title and first paragraph.
I think if you asked the average IT person what those buzzwords mean, you’ll find the answer unclear…
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.

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.
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
> 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?

he expected to be s3 client on desktop/local machhine
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.