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105 points sirbread | 1 comments | 27 Jun 25 06:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

i made sink. it's a simple little tool that continuously syncs folders between 2 devices. no cloud, no email, flash drives, no bs.

it just uses your local wifi. run it on your machines, tell them to trust each other, and you're set. and if you manage to edit the same file at once, it handles the conflict and saves both copies.

for anyone who just wants to get files from point a to b without the headache. hope it makes your life a bit less annoying.

github: https://github.com/sirbread/sink binary: https://github.com/sirbread/sink/releases/tag/v0.1

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tomhow ◴[27 Jun 25 13:02 UTC] No.44396481[source]▶
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neepi ◴[27 Jun 25 07:31 UTC] No.44394538[source]▶
I solved this problem again recently as well. After evaluating various synchronisation methods I thought it would be a good idea to design a new methodology which doesn't reinvent the wheel. Completely out of the box thinking. It took a few days to come up with a solution which worked on paper and a couple of weeks to implement it. I call this onecomputer. What you do is uninstall all sync software from your devices and put everything other than the primary one in the cupboard. Job done. No problems with conflict resolution. No race conditions. No resource and locking issues. Fast, reliable and does not depend on any third party provider or network. It just works. No wheel reinventing - this is uninvention.
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sirbread ◴[27 Jun 25 07:35 UTC] No.44394569[source]▶
i can't tell if this is satire or not </3
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1. neepi ◴[27 Jun 25 08:23 UTC] No.44394890[source]▶
I haven't decided yet :)

More seriously, I am mostly working like this now. I've had at least some data loss or reliability from every single sync solution I've tried so am practicing avoidance where possible.

I really want something to work but I can't find anything that does and I've tried all major ecosystems and syncthing etc.