Dan Luu • 7/12/2019

Files are fraught with peril

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This article is a transcript from a talk that argues files are not the simple abstraction developers often assume. It uses the example of Dropbox's decision to support only ext4 on Linux to explore the complexities and bugs of different filesystems, demonstrating why creating reliable file-based software is far more difficult than it appears.

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