Here are simple steps to backup your VPS.

Backup MySQL database

Create a directory to store the backup files. Then run mysqldump command to backup your database.

mysqldump -u your_mysql_user -pyour_mysql_password your_database_name > /path/to/dump_$(date +\%Y\%m\%d\%H\%M\%S).sql

Or you run it as supersuer and backup all databases in once.

sudo mysqldump --all-databases > /path/to/dump_$(date +\%Y\%m\%d\%H\%M\%S).sql

To automate this, schedule a cron job that will run this command on a daily basis.

crontab -e

Insert the following line to execute the mysqldump command every day at midnight.

I had been using GitHub and Netlify for this site but lack of some features such as access to server logs finally got too much. So I decided to move this blog to my VPS.

One thing I really love about using Github is CI/CD and Github Actions. But I wanted something even simpler with less dependencies. So I decided to use a simple bash script to build and deploy the site.

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It’s both intriguing and somewhat disheartening to observe how trading concepts often mirror human behavior. Here’s how:

Follow the Trend

In the investment world, the saying “past performance does not guarantee future results” is well-known. Despite this warning, many successful trend followers have found that stocks moving up generally continue to do so, and vice versa.

Interestingly, this concept applies to humans as well. Those who are happy and kind often continue in the same manner or even improve, while those who are miserable tend to spiral downward.