facebook VS restic

My Facebook bridge constantly locks up my account. [1]

[1] https://github.com/mautrix/facebook/issues/236

Sure, I use this bridge (https://github.com/mautrix/facebook) to bridge synapse server to my facebook account, so I can use facebook messenger through my synapse server. I like it mainly so I don't have to install facebook messenger on my phone.

It's unrelated, except for the fact that I used the reverse engineering of the facebook messenger protocol by the mautrix team. [1]

I may add a "matrix plugin" [2] if I feel like it someday, but probably after I implement group chat support. Then you'll be able to use XMPP<->Matrix<->some-other-thing for extra over-engineering points. ;)

I prefer XMPP because it's lighter on resources, server-wise at least, and it's managed through a democratic process, which has it upsides and downsides. As someone I like said "democracy is boring, dictatorship works faster".

[1] https://github.com/mautrix/facebook

There exists a Matrix-Facebook bridge, but unfortunately it requires a home server to run it and many people can't afford that.

I've recently set up a synapse instance on my home server using the official docker image, and a mautrix-facebook bridge also using docker. So far it's all working great! However, I've had issues setting up mautrix-whatsapp: when I follow the setup instructions on the GitHub I get the following error:

like this?

The bridges can get a little more complicated, here's the facebook setup instructions for python, but if that's too much for you then I'd reconsider beeper (p.s. they said thanks for the feedback on the sign-up form). I don't know anything about their payment options, but I know that you can always just use the Element chat client, available for web, android, ios, desktop in the usual stores.

Restic - GitHub

I religiously use Google contacts. It's the simplest way to keep people contacts up to date on Android.

I archive all important documents in specific folders by subject and date. This is backed up to back blaze with restic. https://restic.net/

I use https://ente.io for pictures. I convinced my wife to use it, and she agreed to auto share her photos so I don't nag her for copies. It had simple import from Facebook and Google.

I also keep extensive journals, which really helps to tie it all together. I can basically grep for hangouts, conversations, etc.

I also separate work journal from personal, and have essentially a journal for each project. https://jodavaho.io/tags/bullet-journal.html for how.

I religiously use Google calendar for all plans, you can easily search it for past events to get dates.

I also use monicahq for some notes about things I should remember about people but the habit never stuck.

After Borg, I switched to Restic:

https://restic.net/

AFAIK, the only difference is that Restic doesn't require Restic installed on the remote server, so you can efficiently backup to things like S3 or FTP. Other than that, both are fantastic.

I'm curious, too. I know they've had some issues in the past:

https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3268#issuecomment-78...

On the other hand, I tested around 15,000 backups last year (multiple hourly backups, daily tests) and they all passed.

I use and recommend restic. I use it for about 60 machines on my LAN, and it's absolutely fantastic.