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If you have an Android phone you are trying to repurpose, this could be a good use case. With the way I set it up, you do not need a SIM card on the old phone, but you will need Internet access. We will be using TextNow as the way to send text messages to … How to Use an Old Android Phone as a Motion Detection Security Camera with Text Notifications

I wanted to create a backup system using tools I already knew, such as scp. I set up a way for it to send a backup to a remote server at home with a 2nd SSH key specifically for the task. 1. Generate the key on the server you’ll be backing up with ssh-keygen. Save … How to Create a Full Backup System with Linux scp and cron

I usually would use an editor for SQLite called DB Browser (https://sqlitebrowser.org/), but sometimes if I am accessing a server with SSH, I do not want to deal with having to use a GUI program to edit my database. To be able to modify your database, you may need to alter permissions on the database … How to Edit a SQLite Database in the Terminal

Learning crontab could be useful for any system maintenance or repetitive tasks you may need to do, such as file backups or system updates. As an example, I am using it as a way to do a ‘git clone’ a few times a day to keep a website’s contents up-to-date, as I have the website’s … How to Run Automated Scripts with Crontab