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Can we use Github as free cloud storage? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 days ago by xoron@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev

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im working on a decentralized messaging app and generally up until recently i thought in such a system, if a peer is offline, you cant send a message... it wouldnt be "decentralized" if there was some central queue of messages.

it took embarassingly long, but then it hit me... git... just regular git is a decentralized database.

in my setup i need the ability for others to be abe to read and only i should be able to write to it. that functionality is out-the-box in git.

git is also pretty standardized so there are many providers if users want to move away from Github.

the storage requirements for my project are fairly small. typically small text messages. the data itself thats publicly readable would be encrypted.

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[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe you should warn your users that there is a risk of getting banned so they don't use their actual account for that.

[–] xoron@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

thanks. i'll aim to do that. i'll see if i can figure out who to reach out to from github and etc to ask.