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The idea of JSON as a database isn’t new. NoSQL databases are effectively just this. However, JSON in its simplest form is a lightweight file that can be hosted anywhere. It doesn’t need a database service provider. Any storage provider will work. The idea of JSON as your
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“I've been working with IPFS and Pinata. The developer experience is exceptional, and the services are top-notch compared to competitors. The plugins and overall usability make it easy to get started.” At Pinata, we’re partial to the grit and tenacity that comes with learning something new and
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How many millions of dollars have been made on “Chat With Your PDF” style apps? Chatting with documents has become incredibly popular, so let’s build a similar type of app focused on CSVs. While I can’t guarantee you will be able to capture any of those millions of
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Any developer will tell you their worst nightmare isn’t taking down production. No, their worst nightmare is a rogue script, a miskeyed configuration value, or a malicious actor blowing through the application’s resources resulting in a monumental bill. While Pinata has robust analytics to help you track usage,
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Developers need file storage. Simple. However, the options available for storing and retrieving files in the applications developers build has largely been anything but simple. The de-facto solution, and the longest-lived player in the space - Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) - is robust, scalable, reliable, and hard to
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Today, we’re taking everything we've learned and applying it to the broader file storage and content distribution market.
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Using Pinata's Hot Swaps I recently wrote on my personal blog about the experience of buying random domains and how sometimes you just don’t have a plan for them. One of those random domains was a URL that was just begging to have something podcast related. The
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When you’re building an app, you generally need two things every time. You need file storage (and retrieval) and a database. A lot of times, you’ll need authentication, but in almost every case, you need files and a way to query data. If your app is file-heavy, it
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The best recipes are the ones that come from friends and family. They are the ones typed out or handwritten that live on food-stained pieces of paper in some book on your pantry shelf. When we need a recipe not found in our homemade recipe book, we turn to the
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