When I first created this blog, I didn't think too much about how I was going to deploy it. I wanted something
simple that just worked, so I went for the smallest VM Scaleway had to offer and called it a day. While it has
worked pretty well I've forgotten the exact steps to get it to that point, and of course I don't have any
documentation as I was busy writing a blog post instead. To remedy that I've decided to move my blog to a new VM,
document how (that's why we're here) and use NixOS for a portable and declarative deployment.
Alright. In hindsight I might've been a bit too optimistic committing to publishing a post every few weeks. How long has it been at this point? Five months. Time really does fly by, but better late than never I suppose. I really want to write quality posts for you, but that takes time, effort, and the right motivation. I finally found all three and here I am again, writing about something as interesting as backups. No, please don't leave. I swear it'll be good!
Well, the short answer would probably be that we don't. However, in the era of LLM-slop (you know those uncanny articles
that look vaguely helpful but somehow says nothing), it's sometimes nice to get the perspective from an actual person.
I hope I can provide interesting, useful - and occasionally funny - posts about the challenges I face and the
solutions I find to solve them. This can hopefully help you with whatever you are struggling with, present you something
worth considering or perhaps just give you a brief smile on your face as I wade through yet another 'great' (read: frustrating)
experience with a Microsoft product 'wink wink'.