“Dropbox is just rsync on a cron job” and “OP’s project is not completely novel” are unfortunately common tropes on HN... Like you said. Starting with “Great

“Dropbox is just rsync on a cron job” and “OP’s project is not completely novel” are unfortunately common tropes on HN... Like you said. Starting with “Great job launching. What are the benefits of using Dropbox over, say just rsync + cron?” would go a long way towards improving the environment around here.