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hsn915 • 01/16/2026 • 2 replies • view on HN

This is upside down.

We need a kernel native distributed file system so that we can build distributed storage/databases on top of it.

This is like building an operating system on top of a browser.

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sroerick • 01/16/2026

I'm glad you noticed this, I thought this was a wildly insane thing to do. Its like the satanic inversion of 9P protocol

satoru42 • 01/16/2026

Show me an operating system built on top of a browser that can be used to solve real-world problems like JuiceFS.

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