LunaticThinker.me

For nearly a decade, I have honed my skills as both a frontend and backend developer. Over the past five years, my focus has primarily been on backend development, specializing exclusively in JavaScript.

“Hold on, isn’t JavaScript both a programming language and a standard? Actually, no. ECMAScript is the standard, and JavaScript is just an implementation of that standard.

Do I, as a programmer, need to concern myself with the distinction above? Perhaps I should. However, my intent isn’t to debate the nuances of the programming language or the standard that underpins this elegant and versatile language. I’m also not here to delve into the complexities and debates surrounding JavaScript Engines and the emerging concept of JavaScript Runtime Environments (admittedly, I haven’t found a definitive source that encapsulates what I’m about to discuss, but let’s dive in anyway, shall we?).

The purpose of this research, as described in the title, comparing the idea of storing files using either a Database or the mere FileSystem of the operating system by studying the experience of other people’s or companies’ and learning as much as possible from their experience.

Almost all analyses and discussions present on different speciality websites, as well as dedicated database companies, present almost the same answer, and the same principles in storing uploaded files.

See a demo at Github

This 4th section of the article was written about a week after I finished the other 3 to clarify a mistake I kinda perpetuated from the begging. After reviewing my code, one of my colleagues raised the following issue: even though I was using RSA encryption, I was using the wrong public and private key.