January 21, 2026
Your Droplet backup won't restore. Here's the diagnostic tree: what to check, what's a known DO issue, and what's recoverable when the butto...
January 16, 2026
Recreating a Space, syncing objects back from an external bucket, and preserving metadata and ACLs. Step-by-step with rclone and aws cli.
January 12, 2026
Native backup add-on, on-demand snapshots, or off-site copies. What each gives you, the cost math, and a script to pull snapshots out of DO.
January 8, 2026
Restoring from a managed backup, forking a cluster, or rehydrating from an off-site pg_dump/mysqldump. Step-by-step with connection caveats.
January 7, 2026
Volumes aren't in Droplet backups. Here's how to snapshot them on a schedule, copy them off-platform, and verify the snapshot restores clean...
January 3, 2026
The 20% backup add-on, daily backups on Premium Droplets, snapshot storage fees, and whether paying more to DO beats sending backups off-pla...
January 2, 2026
Droplet backups, managed DB backups, PITR, volume snapshots: what each covers, what each misses, and the retention you actually get.
May 21, 2025
The Ultimate Guide to GitHub Backup: Protecting Your Code and Data in 2025
January 31, 2025
This guide walks you through Docker installation, MySQL container setup, version management, and robust backup strategies.
