Learning by Alan Levine, CC0 1.0
This is the resources page which is mostly technology and developer information.
There's never enough time for backups and you only ever find out if they're useful when everything is on fire! Whatever the choice of technology, the hard thing I've learnt is that it's not about backup, it's about restore - so testing that restore is working is key!
My blog is written as text files and converted to static pages using an application called Pelican. I took this approach because I can write offline (in Vim) and post when I'm ready. Everyone says that writing regularly is the key to success, unfortunately I haven't found a technology that helps with that!
Guix is a significant innovation in the way Linux is used. It takes the declarative approach that Nix pioneered and adds a simple and functional programming language (Guile Scheme). This allows it to be a package manager that can be used on top of any Linux distribution (e.g. use Guix packages on top of Ubuntu) or as a Linux distribution. It's a small, volunteer project and has sharp edges, but there's some really clever ideas with elegant implementation.
To encrypt local files on my hard drive a range of encryption software is useful.
Email is an essential parts of our online identities and life. I often use Webmail and mobile email, but most of the time I'm in front of a keyboard using NeoMutt or Thunderbird.
If I'm not on a computer or exercising then I'm probably reading. I'm awful at writing anything on this site about the things I read, but in case you're interested ...
I've used Debian and Ubuntu for a long time, and even worked on Ubuntu professionally.
I spend a lot of time in a text editor, for that I use Vim or NeoVim. Ultimately, it's the language of the movements that is most useful as I've also used vim-like motions in Emacs and VSCode.