actually not harsh

this is exactly the kind of concrete feedback I was hoping for. You're right that the quick-start paragraph explains the actual value better than the current pitch.. Thank you for taking the time to look at this.

Thank you for the kind words.

Copilot was listed as a contributor on an early commit because I used it to help draft that commit. that attribution overstates its role in the overall project. The disclosure in the post is the more accurate summary of how AI was used.

no. I am an experienced engineer that has been writing code for more than 10 years, way before AI. While AI definitely has been used to write code, the code architecture is actively designed and reviewed by me, a human.

cron isn't using your login shell. that's the trap.

but put PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin at the top of the crontab, then test the exact command once with env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin /bin/sh -c '...', and you catch most of the "worked in my terminal" stuff before it turns into tomorrow's missing backup. MAILTO or a heartbeat catches the next failure.