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Hard drive head crashed and corrupted my entire android app source code which took my 5 months to build. I was depressed for 2 days and then started working for it again and updated the app on the store in 3 months. It was a terrifying yet amazing experience. Definitely don't want to go through that again.
Now I keep backups on the cloud. Lesson learnt.

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  • 4
    You should be keeping it in version control really. Even if you're working on your own, VC is the way to go.
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    No.No. No. No.
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    Backups in the cloud are no backups. If they do, they belong to a more thought of plan.
    Keep 2 local copies. (A Raid is no backup!) and at least one offside that you can get local in under 6hrs. Also be very careful where you save backups online.
  • 1
    @Zaphod65 VC is important, but won't keep you safe from physical damage
  • 1
    Github/Gitlab got ya covered.
  • 0
    Use Github, or if you want it selfhosted, GitLab.
  • 0
    @Kimmax @Zaphod65 If the repo is stored locally on the hard drive that crashed, good luck recovering it
  • 0
    rsync and git
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