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Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question

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Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote in
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> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:00:17 +0000, Novice wrote:
> 
>> I had the same concern. But that IS why I lost a bunch of my code.
>> How do I explain that lost code in the best possible way WITHOUT
>> admitting to the crash?
>>
> With difficulty, which is why I suggested you avoid mentioning it.
>  
>> In all honesty, I am still just limping along in the hope that the
>> drive won't crash again. I have a considerably newer computer so my
>> odds are better than they were with the aging computer that crashed
>> but that's clearly no guarantee that I won't have another crash.
>>
> If there's a possibility of remote working in the contract this might
> be an issue: if you're storing the contracted work on your own
> computer then it *must* be backed up, version control or no version
> control. If the client uses a version control system then you'll
> probably be expected to use it too and that would most likely apply
> wherever you may be doing the work. As there are a variety of version
> control systems, both proprietary and Open Source, in common use
> you'll probably get away without knowing the details of a specific
> one, but some familiarity with what they all do and the common
> terminology would be useful. IMO doing a non-trivial coding project
> without using version control falls into the same category as writing
> C without understanding make or Java without knowing ant, maven or an
> IDE. 
> 
First, sorry for the delay in responding. 

What you've said makes eminent sense. Having backups is something I'd 
want if I were the client. I'm long overdue to have a proper system of 
backups and versioning so now is the time to get into that. Part of my 
delay in replying was starting to look at the tools available and 
skimming some tutorials on the subject. So far, it looks like I'll use 
Subclipse since it integrates nicely with my existing Eclipse set up. 
 
>> I still don't have an adequate backup strategy and I know of version
>> control but don't use it. I simply haven't had the spare cash to do
>> something about that. I hope to do something about that as I make
>> more money on contracts but it might be a while as I have some debts
>> that need to be paid off....
>>
> In this day and age I'd accept a project backup scheme based on a
> cycle of two or more SD cards. That is, provided the most recent
> backup is somewhere offline, preferably in a fire safe or at least in
> a shed at the end of the garden. It would be a pretty big project if
> its documentation, source and test data wouldn't fit on a 2GB SD card
> - much bigger than a one person job for sure.
> 
> I'm currently using USB disk drives for system backups and doing the 
> backups with rsync for speed. A 30GB backup to a blank USB 2.0 drive 
> takes 3-5 hours, but a weekly rsync run to capture changes takes under
> 20 minutes. 
> 
> 

I'm thinking of storing my backups and versions offsite if I can find a 
secure and affordable place to put them. Finding free webhosting isn't 
too hard so maybe I can find something comparable for my code. Of course 
I will want to lock it down pretty tightly so that others can't pilfer 
it.

-- 
Novice

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Two More Very General Consulting Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-30 21:00 +0000
  Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-11-30 21:45 +0000
    Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-30 23:00 +0000
      Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-12-01 03:06 +0000
        Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-06 15:24 +0000
          Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-12-06 20:59 +0000
      Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-07 05:45 -0800
        Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-07 18:58 +0000
          Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-07 18:57 -0500
            Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-07 20:33 -0400
              Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-08 16:04 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-09 06:53 -0400
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-12-09 12:51 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2011-12-09 17:26 +0100
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-12-09 23:12 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-12-10 12:00 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-10 19:53 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-12-11 00:04 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-10 20:12 +0000
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-12-12 03:05 -0700
                Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-12 06:39 -0400
            Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-12-07 20:55 -0600
              Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-12-09 10:42 +0000
        Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-07 18:48 -0500
    Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-07 05:43 -0800
  Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-02 20:15 -0500
  Re: Two More Very General Consulting Question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-06 16:45 -0800

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