Getting Started
Understand why personal digital archives need a different approach, and learn the architecture that makes this system work.
The guides in this section cover the fundamental concepts and design decisions behind the archive system.
In This Section
The Problem - Why personal digital archives are different from enterprise backups, and why existing tools fall short. Understand the 50% duplication rate and what success looks like.
Architecture Overview - The three-layer design that separates concerns and makes the system maintainable: scanner (write-only), database (source of truth), web app (read-heavy).