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Re:Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal by tick_tock_tick on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:38PM (#47082060)
> Backup with cp.

cp is not a method to backup a SQLite file unless you can guarantee there are zero transactions in progress. See https://sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html#_backup_or_restore_whil... for safe methods and consider switching your examples to use one of those.

Re:Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal by cpcloud on Thursday February 19, 2026 @09:12PM (#47082806)
Good point. I will definitely move away from cp.