Got my gear stolen in Medellin and it forced a total workflow rethink

Had my main laptop and backup drive taken from a cafe last month, which meant rebuilding everything from cloud scraps. Has anyone else had to bounce back from losing all their local files while working abroad?

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christopher_baker9126d ago

Honestly, my buddy lost his passport and laptop in one go, which was a whole other level of panic.

riley_west27d ago

Man, that's rough. I've been there too, but I came out the other side with a totally different take. Relying on the cloud scraps sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen again. My rule now is physical backups that never leave my person, like a tiny encrypted drive on my keyring. I'll sync to the cloud, but I don't trust it as the only source. The internet is just not reliable enough in a lot of places to make that your main plan.

miamitchell25d ago

Totally agree with you @riley_west. I read an article about how even big cloud services have outages and people lose access. Your keyring idea is smart.