google-drive-ocamlfuse
Infrastructure
filesystem
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86points
29comments
#279of 1,739 in 2013
Top 17%of 2013 by points
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CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Works fine with Vim saves
From 1 comment
works fine with Vim
gregwebs on HN
Seems like a neat app
From 1 comment
That's seems like a neat app! How did you handle the concurrent remote-access on the files? Is there a way for the user applications to be warned when you receive an operational…
rca on HN
Objections
OAuth flow runs through a third-party GAE proxy that receives access tokens
From 2 comments
I've never used OCaml so I started randomly clicking through your source. I was looking at this file:…
chrissnell on HNFair enough. I can't imagine that most users will want to pass access tokens through your proxy, despite the hassle it saves. I would suggest making proxied auth /not/ the…
chrissnell on HN
Editors like Vim create duplicate files on Drive
From 1 comment
I am using the google drive app for Windows (in a shared folder that my Linux VM sees). When I save a file with Vim it creates a duplicate copy on the GDrive server. I couldn't…
gregwebs on HN
Requests
Make proxied auth non-default or document it more prominently
From 1 comment
Fair enough. I can't imagine that most users will want to pass access tokens through your proxy, despite the hassle it saves. I would suggest making proxied auth /not/ the…
chrissnell on HN
Questions
How are concurrent remote modifications handled
From 1 comment
That's seems like a neat app! How did you handle the concurrent remote-access on the files? Is there a way for the user applications to be warned when you receive an operational…
rca on HN