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points by pfisch 3 days ago | 0 comments
Ok, but I could replicate this process and archive for under $20,000k per year(probably way under) and set it up in less than 1 day with claude...
[–] Grombobulous 3 days ago
I’ll come back in 3 days and you can share the link with your web archive. I’ll Venmo you $20 for your Claude pro subscription.
[–] nomel 3 days ago
Looking at the 2024 to 2025 archive, it's around 1TB/year:

https://app.browsertrix.com/explore/usgov-archive/collection...

If that's true, something has clearly gone wildly wrong with the, most likely several, departments involved/created with maintaining this. I suspect if you look at the breakdown, it's 90% administrative costs, with the rest being inflated Cisco contracts, or whatever other parasite latched on.

As others have said, it's been archived already.

[–] kolinko 3 days ago
Did you set up a working backup with Claude? It is still extremely difficult to do right.

If you did please, please share your setup. And how you audited it.

[–] fooqux 3 days ago
You've obviously never worked in government before. The technology is likely not the issue; the bureaucracy is.
[–] unholythree 2 days ago
Would have been nice if DOGE had worked on stuff like this instead of performative cruelty.