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Username: m4nu
Joined: March 2022
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Last Active: April 2023
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It's that day of the year again. 🤩 Time to check on missing and existing backups.

This year I focused on *existing* backups and did a [short checklist](https://noted.lol/common-backup-…

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Just did an ad-hoc update on [PikaPods](https://www.pikapods.com "PikaPods") to fix an issue with adding YABs benchmarks raised by @alento . Happy to have dedicated users, who push for improvements.

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You know what's even scarier than old 👻 or haunted 🎃? Losing your precious data! So if you haven't sorted out your backups yet or look to make them more reliable, we have a great promotion for you.

Thanked by (5)bdl o_be_one jureve AaronSS localhost
Umami is the most popular one on PikaPods: https://www.pikapods.com/pods?run=umami

Thanked by (1)kasodk
> @Asim said:
> Also, can you add **Google Pay**? Its fast and convenient

I already have an open issue to add wallets at some point. Maybe later in autumn.

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Not really a question. Just pushing his referral link.

Thanked by (6)james50a szymonp corbpie cybertech willie CamoYoshi
Borg+Borgmatic FTW! And [Vorta](https://vorta.borgbase.com/ "Vorta") on the desktop.

Since you guys are asking: Here a slightly more comprehensive and strategic take on it: https://doc…

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Some more exciting news to share:

- The long-awaited Hong Kong region is now available. Just choose "HK" when adding a new pod. In addition to EU and US.

And some notabl…

Thanked by (2)Erisa Ironia
No worries. You can use it later. They don't expire. If someone wants more testing credits, they'll get it anyways.

Thanked by (1)feie
> [@sanvit said](/discussion/comment/87880/#Comment_87880): Would be awesome if there were some kind of usage graph (something similar to what you'll see on HetrixTools), and some more straightfor…

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> @umzak said:
> different from usage & limits, please add estimated monthly cost summary in My Pods dashboard, so i know how much the total cost per month i spend for all the pods i…

Thanked by (1)umzak
> [@sanvit said](/discussion/comment/87584/#Comment_87584): BTW, which part of the U.S. is it? And do you have plans to expand to other locations as well?

It's in Boston, MA. Same D…

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> [@sanvit said](/discussion/comment/87582/#Comment_87582): Hi, my colleague signed up for PikaPods, and he seem to have access to US region as well, while I don't. Is there a way to enable U.S.?<…

Thanked by (1)sanvit
> @Erisa said:
> Yes, but you can add a payment method to increase that to 10. Or at least, it did such for me.

Correct. Just add a payment method to show you are a real p…

Thanked by (1)Ironia
Had to close the beta early after someone posted about it on a Chinese forum. 🙈

So it's $5 free starting credit and max 2 pods for free users now. And you can't use a disposable email …

Thanked by (3)pxnji caracal Iroshan464
> @fan said:
> Just discovered pikapods while browsing some self-hosted threads, signed up but showing $20 in credit instead of 50, is the beta policy changed now?

Yeah, I…

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> [@Losifh said](/discussion/comment/86113/#Comment_86113): One feature I would request is more questions for long-running apps like "Do you really want to pause/delete? This Pod has been running …

Thanked by (1)Erisa
> @umzak said:
> does this mean popular, the most used application on pikapods? it means applications that are in the popular category, based on realtime data, not hardcoded

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Tags are now up. Hope it's useful: https://www.pikapods.com/apps

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> @umzak said:
> maybe it's also good to display the most popular applications at the top, or there is a sorting by popularity, updates, alphabet, etc

Literally my other t…

Thanked by (1)umzak
Finished implementing the payment system with some adjustments based on the feedback I got: There is now a pre-paid option with credits and optional auto recharges.

All feedback still …

Thanked by (1)Ironia
> @pxnji said:
> I checked on my umami websites there is a notif about the new version. I go to the pikapods dashboard and there is a check button about automatically update but its been…

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> @caracal said:
> Sorry if this has been brought up -- any plans to integrate backup? Perhaps with borg? :D

First thing I did. 😄 For now backups are at the server-level,…

Thanked by (2)caracal Ironia
> @pxnji said:
> I already turn off the proxy then im still getting this error when adding the custom domain _Could not verify CNAME. Please add your CNAME record first._
> I w…

Thanked by (2)pxnji AaronSS
> [@Ironia said](/discussion/comment/83409/#Comment_83409): I added 5 cards before I decided I was too lazy to go beyond the first table of test cards, but that already feels overkill. How do you …

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> @pxnji said:
> Edit: I turns out that all of my pods custom domain settings become turn off and back to the pikapods subdomain. I dont do anything.

Just implemented a no…

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> @pxnji said:
> Another thing that might be you need to fix from my suggestion

Will see what can be done. Usually I just let the CSS framework deal with this and just set…

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> [@pxnji said](/discussion/comment/83995/#Comment_83995): I think i found a bug on your website

Thanks for sharing! Looks like some of the text was too long, preventing a proper li…

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> [@legendary said](/discussion/comment/83454/#Comment_83454): What's the answer?

That users of my service are generally not supporters of Putin or his war, so not selecting based o…

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I'm building a [container service](https://www.pikapods.com/ "container service") to run open source apps with a few clicks, while revenue-sharing with authors (if they choose so).

Cur…

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