if you have a NAS you can just use a bare git directory as a remote
I do this, works exceptionally well. It also works via a USB key.
Readit Newsantonyh commented on Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from the 2010s? · Posted by u/diasks2
antonyh commented on Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from the 2010s? · Posted by u/diasks2
I've lost so much code, photos and other digital assets over the years. I regret losing most of it, yet I can seem to get started on archiving the things I care about.
So many funny little project, so much code I'd like to revisit, so many photos lot.
Any recommendations on how to start a life as a digital hoarder?
Three things that have bitten me recently:
1. beware of encryption, especially Microsoft and Apple. I've encrypted Apple disk images with lost passwords, and USB drives that I'm not sure I'll ever decrypt now that I've mostly moved to Linux
2. USB drives rot. I have at least one sitting on my desk that doesn't work, or doesn't work with Linux, or is encrypted, I can't tell but I think it's dead and I've no idea what's on it
3. assume anything other than text or open formats will be useless later. I've a ton of info archived in closed proprietary formats that I might never be able to access.
Duplication is inevitable. I've a box of CD/DVD archives, a dozen large USB drives, two NAS, and half a dozen computers, and with all that storage and space I can't even have a definitive music collection. It's on both NAS, multiple computers, an MP3 player, my phone, and all the copies are different. We've 14 terabytes of photos, and so I now need to buy another NAS to replace the two I have and keep the old ones as a backup. It's endless curation, both for hardware and data.
And yet, the code I've lost. The photos that didn't make it to backup. I have those regrets too, like they were truly valuable.
Final thoughts: cloud storage isn't storage, it's short term for shuffling data between devices. Even email isn't secure - Yahoo deleted all my messages without warning because I didn't log in for a year.
antonyh commented on Dropbox Passwords discontinuation help.dropbox.com/en-us/in... · Posted by u/h1fra
The main downside of Tresorit is that it does not support syncing symlinks. It also does not have LAN sync like Dropbox does. Tresorit does have E2E encryption, which is great. Only the enterprise version of Dropbox has E2E encryption.
That is unfortunate for both symlinks and for a lack of LAN sync. Not having the ability to deal with anything I throw at it does add risk that the sync isn't true, but outside of the OS I don't use symlinks. LAN sync would save data transfers over slower links but with E2E is this isn't too surprising that it's centralised.
antonyh commented on Dropbox Passwords discontinuation help.dropbox.com/en-us/in... · Posted by u/h1fra
Not free but https://tresorit.com is great. E2E encryption and has a Linux client too.
Thanks for sharing, I didn't find this option when I looked. This might be a winner for my uses.
antonyh commented on Dropbox Passwords discontinuation help.dropbox.com/en-us/in... · Posted by u/h1fra
> sync quality
Is this really a differentiator nowadays?
Both Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive have had mass file loss events. Local LAN sync is hugely useful too. Upload speed matters, as does conflict resolution. These are features worth paying for.
antonyh commented on Dropbox Passwords discontinuation help.dropbox.com/en-us/in... · Posted by u/h1fra
Anyone knows about a good Dropbox alternative? That supports Linux
I'm actively looking. NextCloud is on my list of maybes, as is S3 or S3-compatible services like OVH. I'm using Fastmail files as a stopgap via WebDav, but it's slow, doesn't give offline files, and I'll need to rig my own backup solution.
Everything I've looked at lacks a native client for at least one of my devices or has privacy concerns. Proton would be my first choice if they offered a Linux client.
The other route I need to explore is rclone - it claims to connect to everything. It would need to poll / cronjob to update rather than instant updates like the mainstream options. The downside is uncertainty - if Proton or whatever changes their private API or encryption scheme then things will cease to sync.
The end result of this will be myself as an adult no longer buying games, as I valid my data privacy and security more than interactive entertainment unless I can self-certify without a third-party service or sharing official documents. I pay by credit card, that should be enough proof of age.
antonyh commented on Europe needs digital sovereignty – and Microsoft has just proven why tuta.com/blog/digital-sov... · Posted by u/01-_-
I always found Tuta's exaggerated reaction ridiculous. What makes their stand even more questionable when I visit their EU alternatives [1] webpage, first category they list is 'Email', under this category only "eligible" alternative is Tuta Mail.
Now, out of all alternative EU email providers they list only themselves as an alternative and expect alternative seekers to trust them?
1. https://tuta.com/blog/boycott-us-choose-european-products
I noticed this too. It makes all their articles look like self-promotion.
The 'send' example perfectly illustrates why I would find Material 3 hard to use - it makes it harder to write the message but easier to send. It's less usable.
antonyh commented on DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo cnbc.com/2025/05/06/doord... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
Not my experience in London. In any zone that is not Zone 1-2, or other Deliveroo hot spots, my experience has always been not great with times that do reach also the 45 minutes to 1h for food delivery. We still do it occasionally _because we are lazy_.
However, we did draw some lines as some foods are not enjoyable in case one of those long wait times happens (e.g. pizza, burger, cooked meat dishes, etc).
Zone 2-3 here; Deliveroo is the only service that failed to even turn up, delivered to the wrong address then tried to blame me for "putting a pin in the wrong place" which I did not. Worse service ever.