[dba-Tech] DropBox, Retirement, and other topics

[Rocky Smolin]

I use Hightail - free.

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On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:18 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm looking for a (ideally free, but a small cost is also acceptable) way
> to send and receive files with a small number of people, currently one. I
> used to use WinRAR to create an archive file and then simply send it using
> Gmail, but lately Gmail has been busting me thinking that the RAR file
> might contain malicious content.
> I looked at DropBox but a) it costs, and b) I don't need all its features,
> which seem designed for file-sharing among family and friends. At the
> moment, all I want is a way to send my client updates to our
> Access+Excel+SQL Server project. I want only him to be able to get to these
> files.
> I used to think that I'd retired,, but as Michael Corleone said, "I keep
> trying to get out, but they keep dragging me back in." So while at the
> moment, there's only one client who has dragged me back in, I'm expecting
> more knocks on the metaphorical door. The price to pay for developing
> complex apps. Everyone is  replaceable, myself included, but at what cost?
> Given an app that uses 200+ tables, and many more queries, and is dedicated
> to a particular professional niche, and your selection of the best and
> brightest young graduates, it remains one hell of a learning curve. Hence
> the phone call(s).
> Don't get me wrong. I appreciated the call, and the chance to do some more
> work and make the app even better. More than that, my friend and client has
> injected some adrenaline into my brain and made me eager to code again,
> when I thought I was done with all that. It's sort of "intellectual
> Viagra". It has put a little spring in my step.
> I digress. To restate the conundrum, I want a secure way to exchange files
> between Developer (me) and Client (one person). And I'm preparing to have
> to repeat this scenario, each time involving one Developer and one Client,
> because I know that the phone is going to ring again, and soon.
>
> One more thing. The fact is that I'm growing old, and while currently my
> hat is still in the game, my client and I have to anticipate the day when I
> am no longer able to serve. As mentioned above, the app in question is
> complex and requires detailed knowledge of its domain. How do my Client and
> I prepare for the day when the reins pass from me to a new stagecoach
> driver?
> I've known lots of people on this list for years, if not decades, and so
> I'm surmising that lots of you are my age, give or take a few years, and
> also seasoned in writing complex apps.
> Have you considered the issue I'll call *Passing the Reins*? If so, please
> share your plans.
>
> --
> Arthur
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