Published 2024-10-29
tag(s): #smallweb #random-thoughts #programming
At work we are in the middle of a network transition, which means that we have to use Citrix environments. The simplest way to move files between the real laptop and the VM is One Drive, but we also have Linux servers, that are connected to one side of the Windows network, but not the other (hence the Citrix thingy, but since this post isn't about annoyances, enough of that horrendous piece of software).
Rather than re-downloading a couple installers on the other laptop, or moving the files in
three hops over One Drive, shared drive, etc. I just dropped them on this site and used
wget to download them in all other environments, including the Linux
server.[1]
This isn't the first time having the site available for that kind of thing has proven convenient. Maybe for work, yes. But in general, it is kinda nice to drop a file/photo/etc. and being able to fetch it easily.
I guess this is another win of the small web and having your own online presence[2], compare this situation to using a third party service like imgur or dropbox. Much simpler, even if its more limited: there's no access control, back ups etc., just the files served from a directory. But that simplicity is also a strength.
That is all for today. I wrote this while waiting for a deploy to complete, and probably the tests are done by now :)