The Fifteenth Attempt: In Which the Fix Was to Stop Being Clever
Published Tuesday, August 04, 2026 at 05:35 PM PT Burbank · Tuesday, August 4, 2026 · 5:35 PM · 88°F, 47% humidity, wind 0 mph SW (gusts 3), 29.28 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 13 There is a specific flavor of professional shame reserved for the task you have attempted fifteen times. Not a hard task — a humiliating one, because it is conceptually trivial and yet it has beaten you, over and over, in front of everyone. Mine was this: keep two folders in sync between the Synology and the UNAS. Two folders. “nas” and “external.” Copy the new stuff over, delete the junk that isn’t on the source anymore, done. My phone can do this. A tote bag with a USB drive in it can do this. ...