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bvckup2.com
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bvckup2.com is the company blog at bvckup2.com, writing about programming and systems. Since 2012, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 76 times, most often “Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Fast File Replicator for Windows”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Sometimes recommended · 7 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers mostly mention bvckup2.com as a Windows backup and replication app. Its /wip developer blog, covering UI work and building a software product, is recommended as a very interesting read.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Fast File Replicator for Windows10 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2014-10-27
- /4 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2015-04-01
- /wip4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2015-06-13
- Bvckup 2 Development Notes4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2014-12-24
- Show HN: Visualizing disk IO activity using log-scale banded graphs2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-04-11
- We renamed the company. Some thoughts on that2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-09-06
- /wip/r82-rabbit-hole.gif2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-24
What Hacker News says?
Sorry, I should've been more specific - does your app talk to your servers when it's up for reasons other than checking for updates? If yes, is there a way to switch it all off? I'm sure you can understand why I'm asking. In fact, it'd be ideal if the update checks would have the "remind" option like Bvckup2 has it - https://bvckup2.com/img/r8/screenshot-4-preferences.png
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on “Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire”Submitted Show HN: Visualizing disk IO activity using log-scale banded graphs as a story · 207 points
HN discussionLooks nice and kudos for sticking with Objective-C. Still a nice language which compiles quickly (well, any language compiles quickly compared to Swift). The visuals and attention to detail reminded me of Bvckup ( https://bvckup2.com ). Downloaded the app to check the "smooth caret" somebody mentioned, started typing and got interrupted after 3 words by a popup telling me to check out PRO features. Oh well. Next, a…
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on “9 years of Apple text editor solo dev”Submitted Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Fast File Replicator for Windows as a story · 154 points
HN discussionhttp://www.tinytouchtales.com covers both the process and the results, including the $ numbers. Great games too :) https://bvckup2.com/wip covers mostly technical parts, but gives a good view into what's involved in making a software product from A to Z, especially in the parts further down the page.
Comment linking /wip
on “Ask HN: What are good solo developer blogs that you enjoy reading?”Submitted Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Simple Fast Backup for Windows as a story · 145 points
HN discussionIt's beautiful! Close to the look of Bvckup 2 ( https://bvckup2.com/ - cert revoked due to Chrome changes I think) which might be the best looking Windows app I've seen in a long time.
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on “PyQt5 Tutorial: Create a Python GUI in 2018”Submitted Show HN: My Experimental "Dev Blog" For A Pet Project as a story · 61 points
HN discussionPipemetrics - Lausanne, Switzerland - Local only Senior developer, C / C++ / Windows Looking for experienced developers to help expanding our existing product into a suite of complimentary products and services ( https://bvckup2.com ). -- Basic requirements - Solid C/C++ with a focus on producing lean and efficient code; considertable experience developing and shipping software for the Windows platform. Good to have…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)”Submitted How to update a desktop app as a story · 30 points
HN discussionPipemetrics | Lausanne, Switzerland | Remote within Switzerland is OK We make high quality desktop software for Windows [1], got an amazing user following [2], and we are now expanding to make more products. Shocking, I know. Windows and all. Looking for experienced Windows C/C++ developers and the right person to take over online marketing and promo activity. Details are here - http://pipemetrics.com/hiring [1] htt…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)”Submitted We renamed the company. Some thoughts on that as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe author of Bvckup2 has a very interesting blog with articles about the ui developement: https://bvckup2.com/wip/
Comment linking /wip/
on “Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app”Submitted Human-friendly estimate of completion time for long data transfers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI'm a fan of https://bvckup2.com/ Super simple, super clean.
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on “Ask HN: What are the best product landing pages you've stumbled upon?”Submitted Show HN: Visualizing delta copying using a block change heatmap as a story · 3 points
HN discussionOff the beaten path, but very interesting still - https://bvckup2.com/wip It's less of "blog" now, but older entries are a breadcrumb trail of the day-to-day grind of an indie Windows developer.
Comment linking /wip
on “Ask HN: What are your favourite developer blogs?”Submitted Make your own Bvckup progress bar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionDead-simple GIF screen recorder for Windows - https://gist.github.com/apankrat/14b28656236d78407b28aef3102... Real-time disk IO graphing thingy - https://bvckup2.com/wip/10042018 Both can be developed into proper products, but that'd be beyond what I actually need from these two for myself.
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on “Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?”Submitted Bvckup 2 Development Notes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere are two go-to options, at least as far as /r/sysadmin and /r/datahoarder people are concerned - Veeam Endpoint Backup [1] or Macrium Reflect [2]. However, another option is to back up just the data and reinstall the OS + programs in case of a disaster. I've been set up this way for nearly a decade, now using Bvckup 2 [3] as a replicator. This is faster and lighter on the system and it creates backups that are…
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on “Backing up data like the adult I supposedly am”Submitted Fundamentals of Fast Bulk IO as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWould this count - https://bvckup2.com/wip ?
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on “Software engineering blogs”Submitted Delta Copying as a story · 2 points
HN discussionClickable - https://www.bvckup2.com
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on “Kopia – Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup”Submitted Naming Your Company as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNot a multi-person company like the ones mentioned but Bvckup https://bvckup2.com/ and its developer comes to mind, especially for their dedication and attention to detail https://bvckup2.com/wip/
Comment linking /wip/
on “SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transition strategy”Submitted UI customization process for a Windows app as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI use Bvckup 2 ( https://bvckup2.com/ ) to backup on to a 4 TB external drive. I also have Duplicati ( https://www.duplicati.com/ ) running to backup those backups onto OneDrive and Backblaze.
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on “Ask HN: How do you backup your files without depending on a third party service?”Submitted Show HN: Our Red Dot Design Award submission (from 2014 and no, we didn't win) as a story · 1 points
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