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.DS_Store (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Think the other way around: What's the use case for case insensitive file names? Does it justify the effort and complexity for the filesystem and the programs to know the difference between lower and upper space chars?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What’s the use case for case insensitive file names?

Human comprehension.

Readme, readme, README, and ReadMe are not meaningfully different to the average user.

And for dorks like us - oh my god, tab completion, you know I mean Documents, just take the fucking d!