Preparing to be fully autonomous
Well, today I finally reached my first 4TB goal. Yeah, those drives aren't new, but I think $5 for 500GB each (4,000–16,000 hours of working time) is the best price you can get.
I'm not sure why, but with everything that's been happening in my country, I just decided that I need to download (and share, of course) everything I might need later — before the internet gets fully blocked or shut down.
So I wanted to ask — what would you consider absolutely essential to have offline, just in case?
Someone already suggested mirroring the entire PyPI repository since I do a lot of Python development, which honestly sounds like a solid idea. But I'd love to hear what else you guys think is worth grabbing — documentation, datasets, books, tools, anything really. What would you make sure to have if your internet disappeared tomorrow?
Posted Apr 5, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC