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You are not wrong, but the argument is a text file could hold the link to the audio file and any metadata. I am a right tool for the job person so I use plain t
by zikzak 6y ago
You are not wrong, but the argument is a text file could hold the link to the audio file and any metadata. I am a right tool for the job person so I use plain text for personal stuff but when it comes to work, there are so many more requirements at play that plain text is rarely the best answer other for, say, exchanging regular tabular data with third parties.
- kortex 6y agoWithout the right framework to manage sidecar files, this system rots quickly. Tools like DVC are good but there are still rough edges. The issue partly stems from the lack of coupling between data and metadata on file systems. I think the next evolution of file systems involves the ability to link files together in an organic way. But that is tricky since it breaks the abstraction of files as stream of bytes. Might need to go up a level of abstraction and create new primitives for cp, mv, etc.