I would just like to take this opportunity to complain about Windows file paths and especially parsing them in cross-platform software like a web server that joins request paths that always use / to Windows filepath roots that may or may not use \. I also hate that Windows paths are limited to 260 characters !?
Seriously, in Caddy, I have some of the most bizarre special code paths for Windows. For example: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/blob/c6eb186064091c79f4...
Can someone who understands and appreciates the way Windows does files please help me appreciate it too?
This article did not help me have gratitude for Windows: https://www.fileside.app/blog/2023-03-17_windows-file-paths/
> we realise that we can construct an almost unlimited number of different path strings that all refer to the same directory.
:o