Life is like a FTP Server
The author reflects on the experience of living between two cities, Nha Trang and Jakarta, likening their life to an FTP server. They describe the emotional and physical remnants left behind in each city, illustrating the complexities of remote work and identity. Ultimately, the piece explores the idea of human beings becoming distributed systems, navigating life through technology and transient connections.
- ▪The author splits their time between Nha Trang and Jakarta, experiencing contrasting environments.
- ▪They compare their life to an FTP server, filled with emotional debris and memories from different locations.
- ▪The piece suggests that remote workers may become like distributed systems, lacking a permanent geography.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/m3yevn/life-is-like-a-ftp-server-4n2k |
| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 09:05:59 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-24T09:37:31.883Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-24T09:37:31.883Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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