I was looking at an older version of the software I'm yet again working on from what, 15 years ago, and I can't believe we're still mostly stuck with the same private blob storage options that can serve as user-data storage. S3-compatible storage + Dropbox was the list: github.com/icidasset/ongaku-ryoho-v1?tab…
Mar 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A blob in the bucket - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atmosphere
Learn how to setup your self hosted PDS to use an S3 object store for blob storage.
Fil One Object Storage
S3-compatible object storage on Filecoin with no egress fees and verifiable data integrity, proven daily.
Launching S3 Files, making S3 buckets accessible as file systems | Amazon Web Services
Amazon S3 Files makes S3 buckets accessible as high-performance file systems on AWS compute resources, eliminating the tradeoff between object storage benefits and interactive file capabilities while enabling seamless data sharing with ~1ms latencies.
Low Cost, High Performance S3 Compatible Object Storage
Backblaze B2 provides unlimited data storage in the cloud at 1/5th the cost of Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
evan.jarrett.net/at-container-registry
A container registry that uses the AT Protocol for manifest storage and S3 for blob storage.
Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives
Over the last few decades, the standard procedure for storing and backing up data has been ‘put it in the cloud.’ Many of us use cloud…
Understanding new Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace | Google Cloud Blog
The new hierarchical namespace capabilities bring file system optimizations to Cloud Storage buckets.
Blob store design challenges
It's just hashed data, what's so complex about a blob store anyway?
Three schemes for shared-private storage - Paul's Leaflets
Filen – Next Generation End-To-End Encrypted Cloud Storage
Filen – Next Generation End-To-End Encrypted Cloud Storage. Get started with 10 GiB of free space.
dropb.at
Share and manage text, photos and other files on the AT Protocol. Your data, your server.
Compare Cloud Storage providers - ComparisonTables
Compare all cloud storage providers using our cloud storage comparison table, and find the best option for you! The table contains cloud storage providers to compare on all of their features and pricing. Footnotes Popular comparisons
S3 is files, but not a filesystem
"Deep" modules, mismatched interfaces - and why SAP is so painful
Folders Are Broken, So I Built Heaper
Folders Are Broken, So I Built Heaper
Once again looking at bring your own user-data storage options (for my malleable software experiment this time). What do people think are some user friendly options that don't require any OAuth apps to be created on the server? ie. no Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive & other services like that.
