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In this post, I explore the potential of the File System Access API to create local-only web experiences. I discuss how this API, combined with tools like Logseq, allows for on-device data storage outside the browser sandbox. While exciting, I also acknowledge the current limitations, such as the need to re-grant file access on refresh, the lack of a visual indicator for local-only sites, and the difficulty of preventing data exfiltration entirely. Despite these challenges, I believe this area holds significant potential and deserves further exploration.

It's nearly impossible to get consistent get data in and out of a web app on the client

This post answers the question of how to determine if a given file path in C# is a directory. It explains how to use the File.GetAttributes() method and the FileAttributes.Directory property to check for the directory attribute. The post provides a boolean expression ((File.GetAttributes(path) & FileAttributes.Directory) == FileAttributes.Directory) to effectively perform this check.