[munchbunny]

> I would like to see how fundamental the requirement to have directories are to AI workflows.

In my experience, it's not that directories are inherently important, it's that an organization mechanism is, in the service of a few key problems:

1. Privacy and data handling requirements

2. Versioning

3. Partitioning

4. Probably some others I'm forgetting

Hierarchical storage is a useful all-purpose tool for these things.

[pyrolistical]

How many of those problems are not solved by independent (s3 concept of) buckets?