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Following the announcement of Fly.io acquiring the Litestream project and hiring its creator Ben Johnson I've been looking into it (and am very impressed by wha
by davnicwil 4y ago
Following the announcement of Fly.io acquiring the Litestream project and hiring its creator Ben Johnson I've been looking into it (and am very impressed by what I see!)
Reading through the docs I was delighted to find this full set of instructions including script commands for setting up a simpler regular snapshot backup using cron - for situations where Litestream is (quote) "overkill" - ie where the database is smaller and your durability requirements are lower.
In fact, the docs have a whole alternatives section for different requirements. I think this kind of thing is great, and something more projects should do! Wanted to share it because of this meta thing, but also because it's just pretty useful per se.
- mattgreenrocks 4y agoThis what a mature project looks like: it knows what it is, who it is for, and what it isn’t. Contrast with so many open source projects that accumulate features and promise the world, so long as you give them a star.
- vanviegen 4y ago> Contrast with so many open source projects that accumulate features and promise the world, so long as you give them a star. What a cynical take.
- dgb23 4y agoI agree. There are a bunch of benefits for everyone here. Users get to have a sharper view on the intended user case of the tool, this benefits bith sides, and learn more related bits along the way. It also builds trust. The best marketing for devs is no marketing. Just being honest, clear and helpful is what works best.
- mritchie712 4y agoif you run a saas, this is a good move for SEO too. People may be searching "backup sqlite cron" or something like it and realize they'd rather use litestream.
- swah 4y agoI felt the same finding that section: by not "pushing too much their solution" they actually increase the chances that I'll use it someday.
- kitd 4y agoAgreed. In my mind, the fact that the developers understand limitations in their own tools means that future enhancements are likely to be more focussed and effective.