Sustaining git-annex development
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Sustaining git-annex development
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Re: Sustaining git-annex development
#2His personal finances are really impressive. Selling his fulltime dedication for 12k/year...
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#3For those of you wondering whether this is worth supporting, the answer is Yes.
I work with a lot of smart engineers, and periodically ask them what they do for personal backup of images, video, etc. I don't think I've yet talked to someone who was satisfied with their system.
Git annex (with the assistant) brings me closer to my ideal system than I've been before: a drive at home, one in my desk drawer at work for fire-proof backups, easy automatic shuttling of data between them using my phone or USB sticks, and pluggable cloud storage if I decide I want it.
Oh, and a friendly, responsive and excellent developer behind it, developing software in a cabin, in the woods. :-)
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#4His personal finances are really impressive. Selling his fulltime dedication for 12k/year...
His arrangements are interesting, to say the least, see http://joey.hess.usesthis.com/ . The whole thing is worth a read, but here's a sample:
> So the whole house runs on 12 volt DC power to avoid the overhead of an inverter; my laptop is powered through a succession of cheap vehicle power adapters, and my home server runs on 5 volt power provided by a USB adapter.
Re: Sustaining git-annex development
#5His personal finances are really impressive. Selling his fulltime dedication for 12k/year...
I don't recall where I read about it, but my understanding is the developer lives a very frugal lifestyle in an off-grid environment, something akin to homesteading but with an internet connection. His costs are as minimal as he can make them, and in turn he can both spend more time on his work, and be fully commissioned with campaigns like this.
I think he was also involved with the Debian GNU/Linux installer.
Re: Sustaining git-annex development
#6How does git-annex compare to bittorrent-sync?
(I'm a big fan of Joey's other work, so I bet this is top notch, there just seems to be more momentum behind bittorrent-sync.)
Re: Sustaining git-annex development
#7How does git-annex compare to bittorrent-sync? (I'm a big fan of Joey's other work, so I bet this is top notch, there just seems to be more momentum behind bittorrent-sync.)
bittorrent-sync is closed source.
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#9How does git-annex compare to bittorrent-sync? (I'm a big fan of Joey's other work, so I bet this is top notch, there just seems to be more momentum behind bittorrent-sync.)
I like git-annex better. Because git-annex doesn't automatic keep copies of the files in all the directories you've shared. When you need a file that's not in your local directory you can just pull it from a different place, git-annex keeps track where the file is stored.
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#10I donated and I don't often donate (though I really should). It's not just how awesome the software is that compels me but his dedication to his work and his frugal lifestyle that leaves me wanting to support this guy with all his projects.