Small tech project and Gear Management System

[eugenenine]

While its cold out I dug out a Raspberry Pi that wasn't being used and built a simple Gear Management System. After I get back home from being outdoors I plug in my devices to charge, and then copy any data off. So I'm using a raspberry Pi as the charging power but with simple scripts for each device to automatically copy all the data off.
I don't any cloud subscriptions so I usually just copy my data off myself. Now the Pi does it automatically.
Next step us going to be a powered USB hub that I turn off and on via a schedule so if I don't get outside for say two weeks it will power on, charge everything then power off again.
Not a lot to look at but just a small step toward my gear managing its self rather than me doing it manaully. 
 

[Moab]

That is very cool. Does anyone make a scheduled charger like that? Like something you could keep vital tech plugged into, have it monitor or regularly just recharge? Without leaving it plugged in all the time? I'm not enough on all tech to know. But aren't their still items that's it's not a good idea to keep plugged into a charger all the time? I know my phone self regulates. Like shuts off charging when it's extended use might damage the battery long term. 

I'm close to figuring out a software and hard drive solution for running my own backups. Versus my ever expanding and not private use of Google Drive. I have plenty of hard drive space. And have been reading multiple reviews of back up freeware that seem to handle this with little effort once it's set up. 

I tend to avoid learning new software. Unless I'm absolutely convinced it will do something vital that I need. And that does not have a steep learning curve. I have been in software burnout for decades. AI automation can not come quick enough for me.

I've also played with backing my AI work up with Google. Chatgpt seems to suck at it. Even though it's an option now. I assume Gemini does a much better job as it's a Google project. But honestly have not had enough time to use it as much as I would like. 

I don't prefer Grok because of speed. But it is the least bias and the most open to not censoring legal research. Whereas Chatgpt and Gemini both have political filters that keep it from researching many legal topics. Just because it goes against whatever political filters it has in place. But thus far Chatgpt has been my go to. I used Grok the first half of last year and a awhile before. Then Chatgpt since. Both paid versions 

Sorry gotten off topic a bit here. Great set up. Very cool project. That solves very real issues. 

[eugenenine]

I haven't seen anything available.
I don't use any backup software, rsync does just fine.
I have an old desktop that I use as a server running nextcloud so my phone is synced to it as well as my laptop.