I’ve lost data not realizing I was backing up placeholder files (iCloud).

Hiding the network always ends in pain. But never goes out of style.

Same. I lost a lot of photos this way. I've recently moved over to Immich + Borg backup with a 3-2-1 backup between a local synology NAS and BorgBase. Painful lesson, but at least now I feel much more confident. I've even built some end-to-end monitoring with Grafana.

	▲	chrisweekly 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Careful w that Synology NAS, mine's now a brick that may also have led to permanent data loss.

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whimblepop 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My own approach to simplicity generally means "hide complexity behind a simple interface" rather than pushing for simple implementations because I feel that too much emphasis on simplicity of implementations often means sacrificing correctness.

This particular example is a useful one for me to think about, because it's a version of hiding complexity in order to present a simple interface that I actually hate. (WYSIWYG editors is another one, for similar reasons: it always ends up being buggy and unpredictable.)