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bambax on Oct 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of...

"Copied to Dropbox" is a copy cron to a folder that is shared on Dropbox. No API was harmed -- or used -- for any of this[0].

It's also in effect a poor man's backup, because the db is renamed with today's date so each copy doesn't overwrite any other.

[0] Edit: not in fact true. The email part uses Mailgun's API (from when you could use routes with a basic account).

phreeza on Oct 17, 2021 [–]

I think (though you can never be quite sure on HN) that this was a joke referring to initial reactions techies had to Dropbox.

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