Ask HN: Is there a website that tracks excessive writes to SSDs in OS/app betas?

Hacker News is asking a question that highlights a gap in beta-testing information: does anyone track how much beta software writes to your SSD? The asker points out that such public data would serve two purposes — it would let users make informed choices about which betas to install, and it would pressure developers to be more thoughtful about logging in their pre-release code. The thread has drawn eight responses from the technical community.

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