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		JCWasmx86 on Oct 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 ... `python -m http.server` if they are in the same network? Sure, you have no authentication/security, but for quick+dirty it works fine

capableweb on Oct 25, 2022 [–]

AFAIK, python doesn't ship by default on any operating system anymore (used to on macOS). Otherwise yeah, it's a good contender. You'd still need to pass the URL somehow to the other machine :)

hdjjhhvvhga on Oct 25, 2022 | [–]

I think it does on several major Linux distros .

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