☕ Your laptop takes a coffee bath tomorrow.
🔥 Your USB backup drive melts in a house fire.
You still keep your data. Here's how ↓
🔥 Your USB backup drive melts in a house fire.
You still keep your data. Here's how ↓
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- Creates time-machine-like backups
- Deduplicates like a digital Marie Kondo
- Encrypts with NSA-approved technology
- Human readable configuration
- One command to backup to...
- Hetzner Storage Box ($4/TB) = Almost free storage
- Local USB drive
✅ Local USB for fast recovery
✅ Cloud for redundancy
✅ 15-min setup (seriously)
✅ Costs less than Netflix
Survival strategy for $4/month
1. Plug USB
2. Run one config
3. Borgmatic auto-syncs to:
- Your desk drawer
- Hetzner's bunker-like data centers
Set it → forget it → sleep better
USB not plugged in? → Skips gracefully
Storage Box full? → Auto-prunes old backups
Internet down? → Local copy still safe
It's like having a backup for your backup
🔐 Keys stay yours
🚫 Zero trust in cloud providers
📦 Versioned backups going back months
⏳ Years of protection
https://joshkaramuth.com/blog/linux-backup/
Don't be the "I'll set up backups tomorrow" person. Your future self will high-five you.