Show HN: TagSpaces – An open source personal data manager
Looks nice, but for personal use I don't like the idea of a tool like this changing the file names, and then I see the option in the Pro version to use "sidecar files". Nice! It then brought up another question I have often had with projects like these that start out on Unix like systems and are then available for Windows as well: why do they use dot files on Windows and tell the user to hide them manually, instead of using files with a "hidden" attribute? Part of porting should be adhering to the local conventions, should it not? Since this is not the first time I stumble upon dot files in Windows Explorer I am left wondering there is a real reason for it?