Computers as I used to love them @ tonsky.me
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File synchronization can be fun and painless if you don’t have to deal with corporate bullshit.
Computers as I used to love them Translations: Russian Chinese • Illustration by Julia Litvin I’ve been struggling with file sync solutions for years . In the beginning, Dropbox was great, but in the last few years, they started to bloat up. I moved to iCloud, but it was even worse. Finally, a few days ago, after iCloud cryptically broke again , I decided it’s time to try something different. I tried Syncthing , a free and open-source alternative. And you know what? It’s been liberating. The sanity, the simplicity, the reliability, the features. It brings the joy of use and makes you believe t
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