mastodon 4.7.3Life: Caring about the ecology and everything close to me. Planning for the post-capitalistic society.
More about me: https://janikvonrotz.ch
Work: Working with and for Open Source Software. Expert for Hosting and Implementing Odoo.
More about my company: https://www.mint-system.ch
# restic compression and deduplication
I use restic https://restic.net/ to backup data on servers. In restic a backup job produces a snapshot. Files in snapshots are deduplicated and compressed. Backup rotation can be setup on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis. If restic compresses and dedups files, does it makes sense to zip backup files beforehand?
Read more: https://janikvonrotz.ch/2026/05/29/restic-compression-and-deduplication/
@davidgerard@circumstances.run
This causes problems that have names like “great financial crisis”. 😆
# Sonntagszopf
I wasn't sure if I should write this post in English or German. "Sonntagszopf" literally translated means "sunday braid". It is a type of bread also known as "Zopf" and it seems there is an English translation of its Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zopf.
# Second Visit to the coworking space
Today I spent the full morning in the coworking space that I mentioned last week https://janikvonrotz.ch/2026/04/14/checking-out-a-coworking-space/. What I really liked is not the coworking space itself, but going there.
Read more: https://janikvonrotz.ch/2026/04/21/second-visit-to-the-coworking-space/
# About task management
Task management is an underestimated aspect of project and self-management. Self-management not in psychological sense, but about managing your personal resources.
I have to admin that this topic sounds boring, but I gave my best to write an engaging and insightful post.
Read more: https://janikvonrotz.ch/2026/06/12/about-task-management/
#100daystooffload #task #obsidian #odoo #todo #selfmanagement #projectmanagement
I just read The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch and now I am re-watching eXistenZ (1991) by David Croneberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existenz
15min in and I see a "Perky Pat" reference to the book. I hope I am not in a time loop.
forgejo instance! And become federated soon 
