{"id":1116937,"date":"2026-06-10T11:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/?p=1116937&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=1116937"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:54:58","slug":"floss-weekly-episode-870-open-source-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2026\/06\/10\/floss-weekly-episode-870-open-source-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"FLOSS Weekly Episode 870: Open Source Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jp_bennett\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan<\/a> chats with <a href=\"https:\/\/milliways.social\/@fd0\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Neumann<\/a> about Restic, a particularly compelling backup and restore solution written in Go. Why did the world need one more backup program? And what&#8217;s Alexander&#8217;s personal take on transitioning from programmer to maintainer? Watch to find out!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/restic.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/restic.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/restic\/restic\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/restic\/restic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@restic\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@restic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FLOSS 870 - Open Source Gardening\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BSIV52iiWSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Did you know you can watch the live recording of the show right on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FLOSSWeekly\" target=\"_blank\">our YouTube Channel<\/a>? 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