• null@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    But even still, what’s a realistic usecase that would that involve needing a blank, unmodified file in that instance?

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      3 months ago

      One use case is if you’re running a web server that is configured to return a “maintenance” page instead of the live site if a particular file exists. Which is actually pretty cool because then you don’t have to update the config when you need to do something or let your users get a bunch of 502 errors, you just touch maintenance and you’re good.