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On 6/4/2026 1:41 PM, Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester wrote:
> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
> |"(I have no idea what the capabilities                                  |
> |of client-side apps esp considering sandboxing issues)  I.e., is it even|
> |possible for it to know the size of the file before "collecting" it?"   |
> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
> 
> Yes. This web app is not written to bother to check, whereas different
> web apps do check sizes so they refuse to even begin to upload big
> files.
Clearly, a mismatch between what the developer THOUGHT the user would
be doing and what the user *might* do.  No surprise, there.

This is why it's important to have specifications/"contracts"
so stakeholders can determine the suitability of an implementation
for a particular envisioned use.