πFS
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πFS is a novel filesystem storing data in pi's digits, technically interesting but impractical.
πFS is a FUSE-based toy filesystem that stores data by referencing byte offsets within π's digit sequence, leveraging the unproven normal number conjecture that π contains every finite byte sequence. Each file is split into bytes, their positions in π computed via the Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula, and only metadata (file name, byte indices) saved to disk. The project is intentionally impractical—extremely slow and dependent on an unproven mathematical property—but serves as a thought experiment on infinite compression and FUSE filesystem design.
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