![]() It’s got a huge repository of thousands of apps which can all be installed from the command line. Brew describes itself as “the missing package manager” on mac. Fortunately, most of this can be automated with Brew. Having all your documents is one thing, but you need all your applications installed. You can choose to store your music this way too, but I’ve opted to use iTunes match for mine purely because it integrates well with my iDevices. Obviously feel free to replace Dropbox with whichever your backup provider of choice is. I use a slightly modified version of the folder structure recommended in this article, and haven’t gone back since I started. I know if my machine dies everything will sync and I’ll be back up and running quickly. I now store no personal data outside of Dropbox all code, all articles, all photos live in Dropbox. This isn’t rocketscience, but it does involve changing the way you work. There must be a way to automate the startup process to get back to a productive state quickly? Data: Everything to Dropbox I’m currently on a year of travelling around the world, massively increasing the chances of my laptop getting stolen or dying a death. Often it’s just a good idea to start fresh every now and then just to clear the cobwebs out. ![]() ![]() This got me thinking could this apply to my laptop? Although I’ve been fairly lucky so far (touch wood), personal machines can die for all manner of reasons. Netflix have popularized the idea of the Chaos Monkey if someone let a monkey with an axe loose in your sever room, how quickly could you get things back and running? The answer is hopefully “straight away, just run a script to recreate the boxes”. Boxes should be standard, and easy to bring up again. With the advent of DevOps there has been a gradual realization that snowflake machines are a bad thing. ![]()
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