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When building any application that requires file storage (which is just about all apps), you have to ask yourself if the files being stored should be public or if they should be private. From there, you can start to make decisions about how to structure your app’s file storage
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Hello, Pinapple. Retro is always in. This is what I thought when I decided to show off the Pinata Files API by building an in-browser replica of the classic Macintosh desktop. The goal was to have simple file management functionality. You could drag new files in, create folders, and move
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If you’ve never used Gumroad before, it’s a platform that allows users to sell digital content. Something key to building such a platform is keeping the gated files secure, and that’s exactly what Pinata’s new Files API does. With that said, when we saw the below
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Node.js completely changed the JavaScript ecosystem, but not without its own issues. Even the creator of Node.js, Ryan Dahl, admitted later on that he had his own regrets over the design of Node. That’s what eventually spurred him to start Deno (if those letters look familiar, '
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College campuses are already sizzling with energy, but when you cram 400 hackers from campuses in the area into a single building and give them 36 hours to build the best apps they can come up with, the energy becomes so intense that I was close to firing up my
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As Web3 technology has progressed, we've seen it replace most computing paradigms with decentralized solutions. However the one exception has been traditional databases. Trying to use EVM smart contracts to store tables ends up being inefficient due to gas and compute costs, and solutions like IPFS don’t
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Discover how Buttrfly, a growing social app, transitioned its media storage to Pinata to gain faster uploads, save costs, and get the freedom to focus on building new features. * 50% savings on storage costs compared to other providers * 10-20% faster uploads * 0 downtime during migration About Buttrfly is a social
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For the last three years, Pinata has sponsored and judged the Hack Midwest Hackathon. Pinata is a midwest company, based out of Omaha, Nebraska, so computer programming and Kansas City are a perfect match for us. The hackathon always brings out some of the best creativity I see each year.
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Here’s how Spinamp optimized infrastructure and scaled effortlessly using Pinata's IPFS pinning service. * 95% reduction in developer time spent on IPFS maintenance * 2x developer capacity * Zero operational interruptions for 2+ years * Seamless scaling with content auto-pinning About Spinamp Spinamp is a web 3.0 music distribution platform
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