You pretty much dotted the i’s and crossed the T’s on this one.
The general idea is too complex for me to give a solid, single piece of advice on how to identify genuine vs not, but what I can tell you is this:
I recently became aware of a very real death of a close Philippine friend’s grandmother and I knew their family couldn’t afford a proper burial. So I requested to talk to the eldest of the family, offered to cover cost (less than the price of a new iPad) with their approval to do so, and for my name to not be included in the justification.
For context - I’ve personally been to the Philippines a few times and seen some of the ups and downs (white American since birth). Never sent that friend or their family anything before nor felt compelled to do this. I’m grateful for what I have in life and for those who have done good toward me, so simply paying it forward.
I have been heads down on my own side hustle as a one man show. Do you have any suggestions on how to properly approach backups for smaller groups like myself working with limited funds?
For context, some of the tech on my plate includes a few DO ubuntu droplets (hosting docker containerized services), Postgres DB (prod DO managed w/ auto-snaps, pretty much same scenario you mentioned), S3 storage for user-created assets (DO spaces w/ no backup strategy yet; no, not launched, yet), GitHub for source code, and physical MacBooks (iCloud + manual backups to a single physical external SSD).
Realistically speaking I’m bootstrapped. More importantly, I’m interested in learning the right ways in doing backups.
Does anyone here have any tips/tricks when it comes to iOS builds?
Currently experimenting with Travis-CI, but man it sure does take awhile at 45-60 minutes roughly in my personal case. Have heard a dedicated Mac of some kind to leave at the office may help. Overall, I am all ears to any advice.
I’ve been to the Philippines a couple times (out of my own curiosity; origin = USA), and let me tell you, customer service there is HUGE.
From an American perspective, a couple key points to know are 1. Filipinos are among the nicest people in the world, cultural-wise, and 2. English is taught starting in most elementary schools there.
But wait, there’s more!
From the Filipino perspective, you get to help enable a new means of living income in what is a competitive and resourced-limited economy. To add perspective, while it’s not in all locations, it’s not uncommon to see homeless children wandering hopelessly.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Downloads && killall SystemUIServer