πFS: data-free filesystem based on pi

Category: Pulse
Status: discussion
Sources: HN discussion, GitHub pifs
Summary: An HN thread about πFS, a filesystem implementation based on the conjecture that pi is a normal number containing all possible finite digit sequences. The premise is that every file exists as a coordinate in pi, so storage becomes a lookup rather than a write. Commenters noted that the coordinate representation requires roughly the same storage as the data itself, and that LLMs represent a more practical form of lossy compression.
Why it matters: None operationally; the thread is useful for its illustration of normal number theory and information-theoretic storage limits.