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Can we use Github as free cloud storage? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 months 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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[-] xoron@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago

In any case it wouldn't be on my account. It would be great for users to self-host. Things like GitHub would only make it easier to get started to test things out.

Why would they ban my account? That would be unsettling. I'm a developer. The code itself is fairly basic git stuff.

My project is hardly popular, but if it gets there, I'm sure it would impact githubs performance. Would the concern be that my app ddos GitHub? I can explicitly prevent remotes like GitHub if necessary.

[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

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 2 points 2 months 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.

[-] gankouskhan@piefed.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Using it in this manner is explicitly against their tos. You are not the first person trying to abuse the service.

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