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Who uses localStorage for more than a local cache, or a short lived log of records to be synced somewhere into some serious database asap? That people are stor
by megous 7y ago
Who uses localStorage for more than a local cache, or a short lived log of records to be synced somewhere into some serious database asap?
That people are storing/losing:
- years of financial data
- animal vaccination records
- etc.
because of this is so weird.
- tracker1 7y agoEven then, it can still be used for offline data... you collect/perform tasks without an internet connection and it syncs later. Chrome updates before data sync, boom, all your data is gone. Now, as for years of data, I mostly agree, this should absolutely be backed up and/or synced more regularly.
- curryst 7y agoThat still seems like a poor design. This would also happen if you cleared localStorage before the data is synced. If, for example, when you came back online and were trying to do something on an unrelated site, hit a bug and tech support asked you to clear your browser. For something as critical as financial records or vaccine records, the sensible thing might be to not work in offline mode, or to persist to native storage. I think it's fine as a cache for offline data for a lot of use cases (i.e. task trackers, note apps, shopping lists, etc). But it creates an unacceptable risk for business critical data, imo.
- Exuma 7y agoStoring financial data in localstorage. Lol how stupid can people be
- swiley 7y agoDeveloper writes POC/Demo/quick hack without the necessary warnings. Much later a user (or less aware developer) finds the thing and starts using it. Maybe software needs GHS labels like chemicals have.