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OP, I failed to mention one of the most important things you can do as a novice or even as a seasoned vet: take prolific notes. Write down everything. All the commands, all the steps, you've used in conjunction with setting up whatever service you choose, everything. What I do is while I'm in the middle of deploying something, I write everything down. Upon a successful deployment, take those notes, clean them up, and include them in my 3,2,1 back up scheme. Don't be lulled into the notion that you'll be able to remember everything 6 months down the road. You wont! That's the devil talking Bobby Boucher. Take notes. They'll save your ass in the future.
I never take notes and it's only been a problem most of the time.
👆 Love this sentence, no notes.
I STRONGLY agree with this. My notes have saved my ass many times! Even document the little commands you feel dumb for forgetting over and over. Just get over yourself and write them down; it's not any worse than googling for and opening that same stackoveflow answer for the nth time lol
I simply kept my notes in markdown files for a while and eventually turned those into a self-hosted wiki using Material for MkDocs. It's really convenient being able to access the notes from a webpage on any device on my network.
Yup! On my dashboard, I have a small notepad where I keep all those 'commands you feel dumb for forgetting .' It does go on for a bit, and yes they are basic commands, but my memory is shit, so poke fun if you must. It works for me.
Ah, neat idea!
Also, good to run into you again! I didn't realize you were the person who'd posted the JSON question until I saw multiple replies from you in my notifications, haha.
Aye on the notepad. Everything but passwords, every change gets a journal entry.