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Stop Doing ASCII Filenames: The Unicode Rebellion
Programming Security Devops Bash Windows
2 days ago 149.8K views 0 shares
Stop Doing ASCII Filenames: The Unicode Rebellion
The filesystem rebellion we never asked for! Unicode and special characters in filenames are the chaotic evil of computing. Remember those ancient days when filenames had to be 8.3 format and couldn't have spaces? Fast forward to now where someone's saving files as $6.14 receipt for bagel @ Bagel Bitc# 😋.pdf.jpg and filesystem engineers are quietly sobbing in the corner. The best part is that "CAPITAL I LOWERCASE L NUMBER 1" joke - because nothing says "I want to watch the world burn" like creating filenames specifically designed to be visually indistinguishable from each other. It's like the digital equivalent of replacing someone's sugar with salt. And that absurdly specific filepath to Abbey Road? Pure psychological warfare against sysadmins everywhere.

Spaces In Filenames: The Eternal Terror
Linux Bash MacOS Windows Programming
5 months ago 167.5K views 0 shares
Spaces In Filenames: The Eternal Terror
Remember when spaces in filenames were basically forbidden by the laws of computing physics? Those of us who survived the DOS/early Windows era still twitch nervously at the thought. Nothing like typing cd My Documents only to have the terminal smugly respond with The system cannot find the path specified . Then you'd have to do that awkward cd "My Documents" or worse, cd My\ Documents like some command line contortionist. The trauma runs deep enough that even in 2025, we're still reaching for that underscore key like it's a security blanket. final_report_ACTUAL_v2_FINAL_REALLY_THIS_TIME.docx just feels safer somehow.