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		ohyeshedid on Jan 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sandstorm – An open source platform for personal s... Is that because of the security of Sandstorm as a platform or because each app would need it's own DB engine bundled with it?

kentonv on Jan 30, 2015 [–]

It's because of Sandstorm's security as a platform. Apps cannot see each other's files on disk, because each one runs in a container with only their own subdirectory mapped in.

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