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Where do flat namespaces appear in practice?

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Question

Where do flat namespaces appear in practice?

Answer

Supabase Storage (objects.name is the full path, path_tokens caches the split). MongoDB GridFS (filenames can contain / but no directory concept). Amazon S3 (flat key-value store, "folders" are just common prefixes).