I use self hosted borg repo to backup to a local server and then also borgbase is a service that allows remote backup.

Borgmatic automates all of this.

He’s saying that while there is no benefit to being connect to WG at home, there is also no downside so many people just stay connected all the time.

I haven’t tried it, but the app has the ability to select which app it tunnels.

When you make a new tunnel, it says “all applications” if you click on that you can select specific ones to include or exclude

Android wireguard all hasn’t been updated in 18mo. Its extremely simple with a small code base. There basically isn’t anything to update. It uses wireguard kernel module which is itself is only like 700 lines of code. It so simple that it basically became stable very quickly and there is nothing left of update right now.

https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-android/about/

I personally get the from obtainium to bypass play store

I just stay connected to wireguard even at home, only downside is the odd time I need to chromecast, it needs to be shut off.

I use plain wireguard on me phone, always on essentially with no issues. I wonder why tailscale app can’t stay open.

I use Borg but every now and then I mount a backup and download a few files to make sure they work correctly.

I’ve so far only had to do this for real with my local zfs snapshots after messing up a config file or blowing away the wrong folder. Process to restore is essentially the same except I would mount the Borg repo instead of a local zfs snapshot

I do this as well since I couldn’t get any third-party apps to work with single sign-on. The web reader is actually quite good and I don’t really miss anything from the apps.

OwnCloud rewrite in Go is way better

https://owncloud.dev/ocis/

This, I used to have a kubernetes setup but how much redudency can you really have at home. Do you have a generator? Multiple Internet lines?

The fact is most hardware is highly reliable. Having good backups to restore from is all you need and you gain a huge improvement in simplicity which adds reliability in and of itself.