Using Git as a Backup Tool

It had been a hellish week, and at this moment sleep was not an option for Phil. maybe it was the kimchee, maybe it was the realization that his blog almost shrugged off its digital coil as a result of The Great Blogtastrophe. Phil was tossing anxiously in his bed - visions of hard drives melted in his head and then…

Oh CRAP – his spine straightened in horror: “OMFG I don’t know if ROB HAS BACKED HIS BLOG UP!”. There was no time to waste – this has to be fixed. Phil raced to his machine, fear mounting as he visualized a world without Rob’s blog… horrifying… [diety] help us…

Deploying A Web Application with Git and FTP

ASP.NET Web Deployment is, shall we say, problematic at times – at least for a hosted scenario where you can’t do dumps from a build server and you don’t have access to IIS (which means you can’t use WebDeploy).