Whether we deal with technology, religion, science, or any other subject, nothing has ever been more harmful to the human race, both generally and individually, than people submitting to social conformity rather than use the gift of their intellect! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/stop-submitting-to-social-conformity-and-use-your-brain-instead.html
Another timely release of OpenBSD has hit the Internet, and as usual, a lot of work has been put into the latest release. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/openbsd-6.9-has-been-released-kudos-to-all-involved.html
Is it even possible to stay sane in todays world of tech? Well, both yes and no :) https://unixsheikh.com/articles/how-to-stay-sane-in-todays-world-of-tech.html
I have already written about how extremely disappointing it is to watch people cheer in ignorance at having their FOSS work and time exploited by one of the largest and crookiest companies in the world, but you also need to understand something else, if you're into programming, using GitHub Copilot will eventually turn you into a bad programmer! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/using-github-copilot-will-turn-you-into-a-bad-programmer.html
If you're writing any kind of open source code and storing it on GitHub, you need to move it away from the platform NOW! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/open-source-projects-need-to-migrate-their-code-away-from-github-now.html
There exist a bunch of really cool open source backup tools such as Borg and Restic, but did you know that you can use GNU Tar and GnuPG to create encrypted incremental snapshots? https://unixsheikh.com/tutorials/how-to-do-encrypted-incremental-backups-and-snapshots-with-gnu-tar-and-gnupg.html
One of the main benefits of Git is that it is an extremely flexible set of tools with which you can build many development models and branching strategies from. In this tutorial I'll show you my favorite Git workflow that works very well both as a solo developer and in a team with many developers. https://unixsheikh.com/tutorials/a-simple-git-workflow-using-main-as-the-development-branch.html
Have you ever lost important data? I have. I learned doing backups the hard way after I lost a entire book I had just finished writing! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/how-i-store-my-files-and-why-you-should-not-rely-on-fancy-tools-for-backup.html
As soon as you step outside your house or apartment, you're located in the "public arena" where there is no privacy. I don't mean juridically speaking, but practically, as everyone can see you. Now, why would you think it is any different with the Internet!? https://unixsheikh.com/articles/there-is-no-such-thing-as-privacy-on-the-internet.html
I am sure you have heard it many times, "use the right tool for the job", yet at the same time we're often inclined toward a specific operating system or a specific piece of software. And while it's quite normal to have a favorite operating system or a favorite piece of software, it can be very counter productive to only use a single solution for every problem. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/use-the-right-tool-for-the-job.html
