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Colin is probably one of the best minds in encryption that I know of. He wrote Scrypt[1] as well. My gripe has always been that while Tarsnap is a product that

Colin is probably one of the best minds in encryption that I know of. He wrote Scrypt[1] as well. My gripe has always been that while Tarsnap is a product that is clearly built for developers, it does not have to look and feel like the 90's and use obscure and non-intuitive billing (picodollar). The web interface and landing site need some designer/UX love for sure, but at the same time I think Colin is happy and satisfied with how things are going. Highly recommend Tarsnap. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrypt

Gracana 10y ago
I like that it works like tar and that the website works perfectly in lynx, which are two things that make my life easier when I'm dealing with a catastrophe.
- cperciva 10y ago
  Funny story about lynx: We were recently making some fixes to improve the website on mobile devices and the question came up "how should the site behave if the screen is too narrow to keep the navigation on the left side of the site?" My immediate reply: "You see how the site behaves in lynx? It should behave like that."
  - LukeShu 10y ago
    "We"? Is Tarsnap no longer just you?
    - cperciva 10y ago
      Yes. I hired Tarsnap's first (non-founder) employee in May 2015.
thisnotmyacc 10y ago
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/ - pretty much everything you just said.
- hobarrera 10y ago
  Sound like a poorly founded rant: * No need to use DMS, cron emails you the output of your tasks anyway. A three-line script can be used to "only email on error". * The proposed pricing model goes against everything that tarsnap stands for, charging arbitrary amounts placing users in arbitrary ranges. * The proposed pricing model means a 13x price increase for me (WTF!?). * No need to be a sysadmin or anything alike to configure it. Granted, it's not for the masses, but for anyone in the tech industry, it's just a matter of RTFM. Want something for end-users? Write a nice UI wrapper around tarsnap and overcharge that. Same backend, different product.
- cperciva 10y ago
  In case anyone sees this and not your other comment (which is now at the bottom of the page), I replied to it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13505465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13505465
  - ruanmuller 10y ago
    If you want a hand with some design work for the site, drop me a note. I'd be happy to help, and local to you.
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Gracana 10y ago

I like that it works like tar and that the website works perfectly in lynx, which are two things that make my life easier when I'm dealing with a catastrophe.

cperciva 10y ago
Funny story about lynx: We were recently making some fixes to improve the website on mobile devices and the question came up "how should the site behave if the screen is too narrow to keep the navigation on the left side of the site?" My immediate reply: "You see how the site behaves in lynx? It should behave like that."
- LukeShu 10y ago
  "We"? Is Tarsnap no longer just you?
  - cperciva 10y ago
    Yes. I hired Tarsnap's first (non-founder) employee in May 2015.

thisnotmyacc 10y ago

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/ - pretty much everything you just said.

hobarrera 10y ago
Sound like a poorly founded rant: * No need to use DMS, cron emails you the output of your tasks anyway. A three-line script can be used to "only email on error". * The proposed pricing model goes against everything that tarsnap stands for, charging arbitrary amounts placing users in arbitrary ranges. * The proposed pricing model means a 13x price increase for me (WTF!?). * No need to be a sysadmin or anything alike to configure it. Granted, it's not for the masses, but for anyone in the tech industry, it's just a matter of RTFM. Want something for end-users? Write a nice UI wrapper around tarsnap and overcharge that. Same backend, different product.
cperciva 10y ago
In case anyone sees this and not your other comment (which is now at the bottom of the page), I replied to it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13505465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13505465
- ruanmuller 10y ago
  If you want a hand with some design work for the site, drop me a note. I'd be happy to help, and local to you.

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