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After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that rando

by spking 8y ago

After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that randomly stopped syncing to sort through and move to Dropbox.

fermienrico 8y ago
Dropbox is leagues ahead of any file sharing software out there. They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.
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- dabernathy89 8y ago
  And yet I still can't easily get it to ignore `node_modules` folders.
  - ReverseCold 8y ago
    Please use git (or similar) for code. GitLab even has free private repos for personal projects. Dropbox is for binary files (like PDF, MSOffice, etc).
    - pythonaut_16 8y ago
      Sometimes you just want to share code between computers without committing it. Does Git have an easy way to share "uncommitted" code that doesn't involve committing it on a branch and rebaseing it later? I say this as a huge fan of Git, that's one scenario where a Dropbox folder is stronger than Git
    - dabernathy89 8y ago
      Dropbox is for whatever I want to put in it. Including code! Just because I keep my project folders inside of Dropbox doesn't mean i'm not using git.
  - timlyo 8y ago
    Syncthing handles this pretty well. Only downside (upside in some cases) is that it's self hosted rather than a service. https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/
- philliphaydon 8y ago
  Rather give send my birth certificate and passport to Microsoft and all other personal information than ever store stuff in Dropbox.
  - turdnagel 8y ago
    Why's that?
    - nstart 8y ago
      Might have something to do with the whole Condoleeza Rice kerfuffle that happened years ago. People swore against Dropbox ever since and for some reason feel the need to continue swearing against it today.
doomlaser 8y ago
Take a look at Amazon Drive. I love Dropbox but the price points / storage amounts of their plans isn't quite what I'd like.

by spking 8y ago

fermienrico 8y ago

Dropbox is leagues ahead of any file sharing software out there. They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.

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dabernathy89 8y ago
And yet I still can't easily get it to ignore `node_modules` folders.
- ReverseCold 8y ago
  Please use git (or similar) for code. GitLab even has free private repos for personal projects. Dropbox is for binary files (like PDF, MSOffice, etc).
  - pythonaut_16 8y ago
    Sometimes you just want to share code between computers without committing it. Does Git have an easy way to share "uncommitted" code that doesn't involve committing it on a branch and rebaseing it later? I say this as a huge fan of Git, that's one scenario where a Dropbox folder is stronger than Git
  - dabernathy89 8y ago
    Dropbox is for whatever I want to put in it. Including code! Just because I keep my project folders inside of Dropbox doesn't mean i'm not using git.
- timlyo 8y ago
  Syncthing handles this pretty well. Only downside (upside in some cases) is that it's self hosted rather than a service. https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/
philliphaydon 8y ago
Rather give send my birth certificate and passport to Microsoft and all other personal information than ever store stuff in Dropbox.
- turdnagel 8y ago
  Why's that?
  - nstart 8y ago
    Might have something to do with the whole Condoleeza Rice kerfuffle that happened years ago. People swore against Dropbox ever since and for some reason feel the need to continue swearing against it today.

doomlaser 8y ago

Take a look at Amazon Drive. I love Dropbox but the price points / storage amounts of their plans isn't quite what I'd like.