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Fileside
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Fileside is the company blog at fileside.app, writing about programming and productivity. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The weird world of Windows file paths”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The comments do not discuss the writing. One suggests the Fileside app as a tool to try, and another complains about Windows path separators and path length limits, so the linked material seems to concern file management.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Fileside is a file manager for Mac and Windows with unlimited panes. Create workspaces for your projects. Build layouts of your folders.
Most-linked posts?
- The weird world of Windows file paths2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-21
What Hacker News says?
I would just like to take this opportunity to complain about Windows file paths and especially parsing them in cross-platform software like a web server that joins request paths that always use / to Windows filepath roots that may or may not use \. I also hate that Windows paths are limited to 260 characters !? Seriously, in Caddy, I have some of the most bizarre special code paths for Windows. For example: https://…
Comment linking /blog/2023-03-17_windows-file-paths/
on “Why does Windows use backslash as path separator? (2019)”Submitted The weird world of Windows file paths as a story · 17 points
HN discussionMaybe https://www.fileside.app would be worth a try for you?
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on “Double Commander – Changes in version 1.1.0”Submitted Four weeks of voice computing – here's what I learnt as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fileside – a modern file manager with unlimited panes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Architecting a Desktop App in 2026 as a story · 1 points
HN discussion