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+1 for Caddy, completely replaced nginx. also...
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starship and all these shell frameworks are overbloated. Just write your own prompt command and be done with it.
restic, ongoing issue with the author to allow people to backup without a password. Seems like a no-brainer but he's being difficult
Why would you want password less backups?
I understand if the reason is 'just because', but seriously, why? I just write down the password in a text file for restic --password and I am done.
write down the password where though, somewhere I can guarantee it will always be there 10 years from now? That's a big ask of me
That is true for lots of things.
Moreover I use one easy "default" password for all basic stuff, and its always the same known to my spouse and written down on paper.
At least my offsite backups are protected from prying eyes. Maybe uneeded for local backups, but doesn't hurt to have.
I keep mine in Bitwarden, I export that data every 3 months and store it in a Backblaze backup, I have it written on a piece of paper stored in a locked fire box in my house, and that paper scanned in my phone.
I can't imagine not having at least one of those in 10 years and I can't imagine all four failing in the same week.
Does that give you any helpful ideas that would work for you?
None that I can see persisting, as I move around a lot and my backups tend to get boxed up for periods of time before being unboxed. But, I appreciate the effort
I've gotta agree here that passwords - (and encryption) - should be optional.
10 years? Boy you are joung :)
I have encrypted files from w 20 years ago, and unencrypted files from 30 years ago.
And digitized stuff from analogic of 40 and 50 years ago.