AYAkash Yadavinblog.akashy.com.np·5d ago · 4 min readHow I Automated Neon PostgreSQL Backups Using GitLab CI/CD (Without GitHub Actions)I wanted an automated way to back up my production database. Most tutorials use GitHub Actions, but my code is hosted on GitLab, so I decided to use GitLab CI/CD instead. In this guide, I'll show you 00
AYAkash Yadavinblog.akashy.com.np·Jun 23 · 4 min readSupabase Database Backup on the Free Tier⚡Since automated backups aren't available on the Supabase Free Tier, I wanted a simple workflow I could run before every migration. There Are 3 Ways to Backup a Supabase Database If you're on the Supa00
CSChristian Schillinginchsc.hashnode.dev·Jun 8 · 8 min readAddressing my (video) content“How do you store your video files?” I was asked recently. Should be simple to answer: “I use …!” After all it’s such a common task, this should be a solved problem. Then why did I end up writing my o10
张张小磊inbuildinpublicdev.hashnode.dev·May 27 · 3 min readI Deleted the Production Database, and Then...On a Friday afternoon, I was getting ready to leave work when a colleague messaged in the group: "The test environment database crashed. Can you take a look?" I SSH'd into the server, saw garbled tabl00
PKPaul Köckinblinkdisk.hashnode.dev·May 16 · 12 min readBackup Photos from Google Photos: A 2026 GuideGoogle Photos is convenient until you need a copy that lives outside Google. Maybe you are cleaning up an old account, preparing to leave Google Photos, protecting family photos from account trouble, 00
JAJoyce Abijaincybersage.hashnode.dev·May 14 · 9 min readYour Backups Might Already Be Compromised Introduction We live in a world powered by data. Data may look like family photos, financial records, passwords, client information, operational files, internal communications, cloud infrastructure, o00
AWAlan Westinalan-west.hashnode.dev·May 3 · 5 min readWhy Your Barman Backups Keep Failing (And How to Actually Fix It)So you finally set up Barman to handle your PostgreSQL backups. You followed the docs, configured your server, ran barman check and... a wall of FAILED messages stares back at you. Cool. Very reassuring for your disaster recovery strategy. I've been ...00
VNVineeth N Kinvineethnk.hashnode.dev·Apr 30 · 9 min readThe day I realised I had never tested a production backupThe day I realised I had never tested a production backup TL;DR — I had run dozens of test-backup restore drills and felt safe. What I had never done was pull a real production snapshot, decrypt it, and bring it up in a sandbox. The day I finally di...00
AWAlan Westinalan-west.hashnode.dev·Apr 28 · 5 min readpgbackrest Maintenance Has Stopped — How to Plan Your PostgreSQL Backup MigrationIf you manage PostgreSQL in production, you probably felt a chill when the news hit Hacker News: pgbackrest appears to no longer be actively maintained. For a tool that's been the backbone of PostgreSQL backup strategies for years, that's a big deal....00
VNVineeth N Kinvineethnk.hashnode.dev·Apr 27 · 9 min readThe sed that didn't stickThe sed that didn't stick TL;DR - The nightly backup on one of my self-hosted servers kept failing. I patched the running container with a single sed command, ran the backup by hand, watched it succeed, and went to bed thinking I had it. The next mo...00
