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Tarsnap. I have an employee now, but I ran the company myself for the first ten years and from ~2011 onwards Tarsnap has been the vast majority of my income.
by cperciva 9y ago
Tarsnap. I have an employee now, but I ran the company myself for the first ten years and from ~2011 onwards Tarsnap has been the vast majority of my income.
I got started by... well, sitting down and scratching my itch. I wanted good backups, and it turned out that other people wanted them too.
- iUsedToCode 9y agoTarsnap is great. I love supporting it.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoCan you give a simple explanation why a Tarsnap backup is superior to competitors, but for someone who isn't going to understand the research paper? Does it backup my website like S3, or does it back up my personal files like Dropbox?
- cperciva 9y agoDoes it backup my website like S3, or does it back up my personal files like Dropbox? No. It backs up your files like tar. (Except with deduplication and encryption and cryptographic signing and off-site storage.)
- 3riverdev 9y agoI'll add another "Thank you for Tarsnap!"
- SimplyUseless 9y agoI love tarsnap
- zerr 9y agoI guess this is the trade-off - you should spend a significant time (or maybe a whole life) on one thing (e.g. backups) to become successful, so the price is to miss out on a lot of other stuff.
- coaxial 9y agoI love tarsnap as well. Does its thing very well without getting in the way. It's a pleasure every time I use it.