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digitalsearch 1mo ago

This forum saved me from a $2,000 mistake · General Discussion

Glad you saved the money
Was good thread
The routing table analysis
Especially the hypervisor detection
I have tabs open from that thread still
Code is life
Life is tabs
Never trust provider with 72-hour SLA
Just tabs

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digitalsearch 3mo ago

I keep dreaming about provider collapse · General Discussion

The real trick is never prepay more than 6 months unless its under €20 total

I got €14/y on Leaseweb and $9/y on InterServer, both 1yr only. Definitely sleep fine. A lot less than bgp's $108 exposure

If they die I lose lunch money

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digitalsearch 1y ago

Automation question: how do you test your backups actually work? · General Discussion

mediaaustin said:
What language you write the script in?

Python lah, got library for everything. Boto3 for S3, paramiko for SSH, random module pick the backup. 80 lines only, run from my old Pi 4 in corner of room.

The key is destroy after test, don't leave VM running forget and waste mon...