am regularly amazed that we pretend folders are the right way to organise files. They’re entirely arbitrary. Every competent file system ignores them to its best ability. Why can’t I have a file in two folders? Why does one have to be a “reference”? Why can’t I filter for files that exist in 3 folders with X extension?
We’ve been played for absolute fools.
I can’t say I disagree, but I am ignorant of what the alternatives would be. A tagged database of files so you can query by tag, filename, or such?
A hierarchical tag structure would let you mimic a folder structure, but free you from many of its constraints
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3263036/file-system-that-uses-tags-rather-than-folders