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I use Expandrive pretty regularly for development involving S3--it's much more convenient than most of the other ways to manually sync or transfer files to/from
by enoch_r 13y ago
I use Expandrive pretty regularly for development involving S3--it's much more convenient than most of the other ways to manually sync or transfer files to/from S3. I can just treat the bucket like a folder on my HD.
It can also replicate the basic Dropbox feature (syncing) more cheaply, since you can pay directly for S3 storage instead of paying Dropbox to pay for S3 storage. Obviously you lose some features there, but it could be worth it. DreamObjects currently is 3 cents/GB for storage plus 3 cents/GB for transfer out, so $36/100GB/year + transfer, compared to Dropbox's flat $99 for 100GB.
Some developers I've worked with also like editing remote files with it, though it seems like most editors already have some kind of SFTP support anyway, and things like `git status` are unusably slow.
Overall it's definitely a niche product but it has made my life easier occasionally!
- bradleyland 13y agoDoes it really "sync" your Dropbox folder though? My understanding is that it mounts the target service as a network volume. This means you need a network connection to the target service in order to access the files stored there. One of the major benefits of Dropbox is that the files really are sync'd to your local drive. If you're offline, you can still get to the files. Changes are sync'd later when the network becomes available.