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Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local network

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151 points sirbread | 1 comments | 27 Jun 25 06:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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alt187 ◴[27 Jun 25 09:15 UTC] No.44395205[source]▶
Be proud you did a thing. Not everything has to optimize profits, userbase, or some other metrics. You developed something for yourself, and saw it through until it worked, and no one can take that away from you.

It's also much more stimulating to build something than ask like a pedant "why this exists when Syncthing?", so, I guess the joke's on them.

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kunley ◴[27 Jun 25 17:12 UTC] No.44398485[source]▶
But the point is, the author didn't know about Syncthing. And he's got a few of things to solve that Syncting already has. (Doesn't need to mimic all things Syncthing has, of course).

I am all for implementing something own when one is dissatisfied with the state of the art. But that's different than updating one's understanding what the state if the art is

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1. odo1242 ◴[27 Jun 25 17:47 UTC] No.44398777[source]▶
From the README: i built this to solve a specific problem: syncing files on a locked-down school laptop where python was one of the only things i was allowed to run.