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 # betterNAS
 
-<img width="723" height="354" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e64fa91-315b-4a31-b191-d54ed1862ff7" />
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-## Start here
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-The canonical repo contract lives in [docs/architecture.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/architecture.md).
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-Read these in order:
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-1. [docs/architecture.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/architecture.md)
-2. [docs/01-nas-node.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/01-nas-node.md)
-3. [docs/02-control-plane.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/02-control-plane.md)
-4. [docs/03-local-device.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/03-local-device.md)
-5. [docs/04-cloud-web-layer.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/04-cloud-web-layer.md)
-6. [docs/05-build-plan.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/05-build-plan.md)
-7. [docs/references.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/references.md)
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-## Current direction
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-- betterNAS is WebDAV-first for mount mode.
-- the control plane is the system of record.
-- the NAS node serves bytes directly whenever possible.
-- Nextcloud is an optional cloud/web adapter, not the product center.
+- control-plane owns policy and identity (decides)
+- node-agent owns file serving (serves)
+- web owns UX (consumer facing)
+- nextcloud-app is optional adapter only for cloud storage in s3 n shit
 
 ## Monorepo