September 27, 2026 · 4 min read
What is peer-to-peer file transfer
The file goes from your machine to theirs, if both of you stay awake.
David KrugManila · @realDavidKrug
Peer-to-peer means the bytes try not to live on a company’s disk. Your computer talks, more or less, to their computer.
The distinction that matters
Terashare and the code-based tools lean this way. It is the right design when storage itself feels like the risk. It is the wrong design when the recipient will open the link tomorrow on a train.
Terashare and the code-based tools lean this way. It is the right design when storage itself feels like the risk. It is the wrong design when the recipient will open the link tomorrow on a train.
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David Krug
Twenty-plus years of building cute little websites, and big ones, with an independent footprint. In the Philippines since 2016. Based in Manila, with two children and one amazing partner.
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