nicholas.cloud

If Keybase Can Do It

Recreating the file sharing functionality of Keybase

2020-05-16 // 7 min read // #applescript #nginx #rsync

Keybase has a really nice feature where you can sync files between your devices, and (optionally) make them publicly accessible.

They were also acquired by Zoom last week. While I think it’s too early to say whether this means good or bad things for Keybase, it seemed like a timely opportunity to try recreating this feature I love.

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A Pretty Little Bit of Rsync

The unexpectedly lengthy story about improving one line in a script

2020-04-14 // 6 min read // #rsync

Recently I’ve grown to love using rsync, a tool for transferring files between local and remote destinations.

I hit a bit of a snag though recently when improving an rsync command in the script to deploy my website, so what better opportunity to write about it?

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