Title: This is a long-running project that started as the proverbial need to scratch my own itch and then somehow evolved into a full-time job of the past 6 years.<p>Link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bvckup2.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bvckup2.com</a><p>I thought I&#x27;d do a Show HN for two reasons.<p>1. I obviously want to show my baby to those who haven&#x27;t seen it.<p>Its primary purpose is to do very fast file replication. If you are familiar with &quot;robocopy &#x2F;mir&quot; - same idea, but on steroids. Lots of them. It can be used for both mirroring and archiving backups, among other things.<p>It is light, very small and it is really quite fast. Half of the development time was sunk into the UI&#x2F;UX design, so there&#x27;s that too.<p>Existing version is a result of 5 years of a _very_ careful evolution, focusing more on perfecting existing features rather than adding new ones. Said No to more feature requests than I can remember. The blog captures some of that in a form of development screenshots, sketches and what not [1].<p>2. Secondly, I wanted to add an anecdotal data point that the desktop software development <i>is</i> still very much an option despite of all the nasty rumors. The demand for well-written Windows software is still there. The biggest takeaway has been that there is LOTS of people, on Windows, that recognize software quality as a feature. They acknowledge and compliment it, and they are actively looking for it.<p>That&#x27;s <i>the</i> niche. If you are thinking of trying the Windows ISV path, I&#x27;d aim there.<p><pre><code>    --
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By the way of introduction - I&#x27;m in my mid 40s. I&#x27;ve been a programmer for my entire life, mostly on the sysdev side of things - firewalls, network stacks, VPNs, etc. - which is one of the reasons I still like things to be as small and as fast as possible. I&#x27;m also the original author of Hamachi VPN, there&#x27;s a chance you might&#x27;ve heard of it.<p>Any thoughts or comments on the program itself, would appreciate to hear them. If anyone has any questions, I&#x27;d be happy to answer them if I can as well.<p><pre><code>    --
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