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>Filenames are the worst place to store metadata. Where's the best place? It seems like being able to send a file handle to an app without having to open the f
by pbhjpbhj 3y ago
>Filenames are the worst place to store metadata.
Where's the best place? It seems like being able to send a file handle to an app without having to open the file nor read a sidecar/db could be quite convenient?
- dylan604 3y agothe problem with depending on metadata alone is just an error prone concept. this could matter more or less depending on the use case. telling a text editor that a plain text file is rich text is much less problematic than telling a video app that a file is 16x9 when it is actually 4x3. saving a tab delimited file as CSV is also going to cause issues if only the extension is used. i'm not saying throw away extensions, as they are great hints, but trust without verifying is not just for politics.