DoShare
Infrastructure
file sharing
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How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Seems a great project
From 1 comment
Thanks. Seems a great project
mrbishalsaha on HN
Objections
Existing services already offer ad-free, fast, large-file transfers with direct links
From 2 comments
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN> But these services file service also have: Long URLs when shared with public Actually, 5 out of 8 of the services I linked have shorter URLs than yours in my testing. > Which…
KomoD on HN
Hosted version capped at 200MB and restricted file types
From 1 comment
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN
No evidence the service is more reliable than others; UI not as nice
From 1 comment
> But these services file service also have: Long URLs when shared with public Actually, 5 out of 8 of the services I linked have shorter URLs than yours in my testing. > Which…
KomoD on HN
Requests
Add WebRTC peer-to-peer transfer
From 2 comments
A webrtc service would work better. Instant.io or sharedrop.io work wonderfully.
nashashmi on HNA hybrid system is ideal. Lowers server costs all around. I think for lightweight files, p2p alone would suffice. Heavier files would require some sort of server based system.…
nashashmi on HN
Choose an open-source license
From 2 comments
What is the licence of the github repo? I can't find one. Do you require CLA?
gus_massa on HNThat's a hard question. I prefer MIT or BSD, I but don't expect to see a single penny. And remember that it allows mega big corps to use and host and sell your program. I don't…
gus_massa on HN
Questions
How does it work and why use it?
From 1 comment
Please explain how it works and why to use it?
mrbishalsaha on HN
What is the GitHub repo license?
From 1 comment
What is the licence of the github repo? I can't find one. Do you require CLA?
gus_massa on HN
Alternatives named
filebin.net
From 1 comment
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN
pixeldrain.com
From 1 comment
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN
Google Drive
From 1 comment
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN
send.vis.ee
From 1 comment
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN
gofile.io
From 1 comment
> all or atleast majority of file upload and sharing services either show ads or have download speed limited at 1 MBps That's just not true. filebin.net, send.vis.ee,…
KomoD on HN
sharedrop.io
From 1 comment
A webrtc service would work better. Instant.io or sharedrop.io work wonderfully.
nashashmi on HN
instant.io
From 1 comment
A webrtc service would work better. Instant.io or sharedrop.io work wonderfully.
nashashmi on HN