Backups and other lies
Every sysadmin I know has the same secret: we do not actually back up half the things we tell other people to back up. I have been doing this for a decade. My recovery codes live in a directory called notes-and-codes , and I have been telling myself for at least two years that I will move them to a proper vault "next weekend". Next weekend has not arrived. I finally decided to put them somewhere…
In the world of sysadmin, there's a common secret: many of us don't back up half of what we claim to be backing up. This reporter has been in the field for a decade and still struggles with this issue. My recovery codes are currently stored in a directory named "notes-and-codes" and I've been planning to move them to a proper vault for at least two years. However, that weekend never came.
Finally, I decided to put them somewhere more sensible that I can access from any machine and that has version history. If you know me, you know where they are. For those who don't, this is a mundane post about bad habits, and you can choose to ignore it. The quote goes, "Every sysadmin I know has the same secret: we do not actually back up half the things we tell other people to back up."
I moved the files to GitHub, my handle there is the same across all platforms. If you're the type who clicks through profiles, you'll find them in just thirty seconds.
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