If you’re using Dropbox and would like to store Git repos in your Dropbox folder, this tool is useful: This CLI shell script aims to take advantage of glob patterns and existing .gitignore files in order to exclude specific folders and files from dropbox sync. Never sync node_modules or vendor to Dropbox again! dropboxignore →
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Maestral — Open source Dropbox Client
Maestral is a lightweight Dropbox client for macOS and Linux. It provides powerful command line tools, supports gitignore patterns to exclude local files from syncing and allows syncing multiple Dropbox accounts. Haven’t tested it myself, but the fact that Frank uses it gives me great trust. Maestral →
Life of a Stranger Who Stole my Phone
This is the inspiring story of Hafid from Dubai, the douchebag who stole my phone. He forgot to switch off the camera upload function, that’s why we will enjoy a deep insight into his life. lifeofastrangerwhostolemyphone.tumblr.com →
Turn Dropbox into a Web server with Site44
Edit your HTML locally, and your website will always be up-to-date. Site44 → Related (dd. 2008, by yours truly): Using Dropbox as an automatic and free Web Publishing solution →
Dropbox acquires Mailbox
Mailbox has been around for about a month now and it’s already been acquired by … Dropbox! Quite surprising I must say. After spending time with Gentry, Scott, and the team, it became clear that their calling was the same as ours at Dropbox—to solve life’s hidden problems and reimagine the things we do every …
Dropbox Dropquest II
Many of you were around for last year’s Dropquest, where we sent y’all on a magical journey through Dropbox and the interwebs. Wordokus were solved, music puzzles were deciphered, origami cranes were folded, and dragons were slain. All in all, nearly half a million Dropquesters were rewarded for their craftiness, skill, and effort. That was …
Using Dropbox as an automatic and free Web Publishing solution
In addition to having moved my mail to Google Apps for your Domain I decided to take it to the next level about a month ago by using Dropbox for storing both personal as professional (viz. 3RDS-related) data in the cloud. This decision made me more mobile than ever, as I can access any file, …
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