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277 lines
9.2 KiB
HTML
{% extends "signup/base.html" %}
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{% block "pagename" %}index{% endblock %}
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{% block "body" %}
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<div id="leading-feature">
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Synctech is a privacy-preserving way to back-up and synchronize files across
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your and your colleagues' (or friends, or family) devices. With Synctech,
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your files are always-synchronized, regularly backed-up, ensuring important
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files are always there when you need them. Even though Synctech stores your
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files, nobody can read them without a password, including us.
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</div>
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<section class="leftright pure-g">
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<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
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<h1 id="backup">Effortless and safe backup</h1>
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All files are backed up every few minutes and old copies are stored for
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decades. Overwritten an important file by accident? No problem, restore it
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with a couple of clicks. Synctech protects against ransomware: even if all
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devices get compromised, backups will always work.
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</article>
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<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
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<h1 id="opensource">Open-source</h1>
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Synctech is powered by <a
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href="https://syncthing.net">syncthing</a>, an open-source file
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synchronization tool, first released in 2013.
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<p>Just like syncthing, Synctech is open-source, licensed under <a
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href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html">AGPL-v3</a>.
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</article>
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<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
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<h1 id="privacy">Privacy</h1>
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<p>You can <a
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href="https://docs.syncthing.net/branch/untrusted/html/users/untrusted.html">protect
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a folder with a password</a>.
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When the folder is password-protected, the files can be read only on the
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devices where password was entered. Nobody can access your data without a
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password, including us.
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<p>This is quite unique in the on-line synchronization and
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backup space. While we very carefully protect your data, you are
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additionally assured that it is impossible to read your files for anyone
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else but you (or others, with whom you have shared the password).
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</article>
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<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
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<h1 id="durability">Synchronize among other devices</h1>
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Your files will be automatically synchronized across your
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devices and Synctech. You can also share folders with other devices
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that you do not own — colleagues, friends or family.
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<p>If you are without an internet connection, but on the same network (e.g.
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in an airplane, or on a phone hotspot), files will still be shared
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directly. This lets you to collaborate (and move files between your own
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devices) under any circumstances.
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</article>
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</section><!-- .leftright -->
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<section id="subscribe-section">
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<h1>Synctech is currently in private alpha</h1>
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<h2>Enter your email to learn as soon as it's available</h2>
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<form class="pure-form pure-form-aligned" action="{% url "index" %}" method="post">
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<fieldset>
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{% csrf_token %}
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{% comment %}
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<span class="pure-form-message message-error">{{ .Err }}</span>
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<span class="pure-form-message message-success">
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You are now subscribed!
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</span>
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{% endcomment %}
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<input type="email" class="subscribe-email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="your@email.com" required />
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<button type="submit" class="pure-button pure-button-primary">Inform Me</button>
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</fieldset>
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</form>
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</section>
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<section id="faq">
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<h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-05" />
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<label for="ac-05"><h2>What is Synctech?</h2></label>
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<div>
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Synctech is a privacy-preserving way to back-up and synchronize files
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across your and your colleagues' (or friends, or family) devices. With
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Synctech, your files are always-synchronized, regularly backed-up,
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ensuring important files are always there when you need them.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-07" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-07"><h2>How does Synctech differ from other file-hosting providers?</h2></label>
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<div>
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<p>When setting up Synctech, you are entering your password on your trusted
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devices. All your files are encrypted with that password. That way,
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nobody can read your files without a password, even us (since you are not
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entering the password on Synctech; it is deliberately impossible).
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<p>At Synctech, we are protecting our customer data very carefully (stay
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tuned for a blog post with technical details). Even with that, it is good
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to have extra assurances that the files are accessible only to the
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devices you trust.
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<p>End-to-end protected files is very uncommon in today's backup or
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synchronization services. It is now possible for us to offer a service
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that does it securely.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-10" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-10"><h2>What is a backup?</h2></label>
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<div>
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<p>A backup is a copy of your data stored somewhere else. If the original
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data is lost, it can be recovered from a backup. Backups are essential
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for data that is worth saving.
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<p>Here are a few common ways how data is lost, when having a backup
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becomes essential:
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<ul>
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<li>Hard-drive failure.</li>
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<li>Loss of the computer (e.g. theft or leaving at the wrong place).</li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware">Ransomware</a>,
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when data is locked out by an attacker unless a ransom is paid.</li>
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<li>"Whoops, I permanently deleted the wrong folder".</li>
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</ul>
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-20" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-20"><h2>What is file synchronization?</h2></label>
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<div>
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It is an automatic process that ensures files in two or more computers
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(phones) are the same.
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<p>Synctech uses a free and open-source program <a
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href="https://syncthing.net">syncthing</a> to synchronize files both
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across your devices, and across your devices and Synctech itself. Once
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files are synchronized between your devices and Synctech, it will
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periodically create backups.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-30" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-30"><h2>How do I sign up?</h2></label>
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<div>
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Synctech is currently in Private Alpha. Which means it is open only for
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the early adopters, who are not charged for the service.
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As soon as we are ready for a wider audience, we will start sending
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signup invitations on first-come-first-serve basis; enter your email
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<a href="/">here</a> to add yourself to the queue.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-35" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-35"><h2>How do I use Synctech?</h2></label>
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<div>
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Once signed up for Synctech, you are presented with a guide which will
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guide through:
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<ul>
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<li>Install Syncthing on your computer/phone/tablet.</li>
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<li>Select folders which you want to share.</li>
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<li>Optional: configure sharing: between yours or devices of your
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colleagues/friends.</li>
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</ul>
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Once Synctech and your local Syncthing are ready, your files are safe,
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backed-up, and always available. Folders can be recovered from backups
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via the User's Control Panel in Synctech.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-40" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-40"><h2>Where is the source code?</h2></label>
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<div>
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Source code will be released as soon as Synctech leaves private alpha
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(i.e. we start charging for the service). As a heads up, Synctech
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consists of two parts, licensed differently:
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<ul>
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<li>User's control panel:
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<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html">MIT license</a>.
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</li>
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<li>Everything else:
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<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html">AGPL-v3</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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We are licensing user's control panel under a more permissive MIT
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license, so it can be uplifted to the MIT-licensed
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<a href="https://syncthing.net">syncthing</a> more easily.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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<article>
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<input type="checkbox" id="ac-50" checked="checked" />
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<label for="ac-50"><h2>Who is behind Synctech? What are your values?</h2></label>
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<div>
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Synctech is run by Motiejus Jakštys, an engineer from Lithuania. I have a
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software engineering dayjob, and am developing Synctech during my
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personal time. Synctech is fully self-funded (bootstrapped).
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<p>My main ethos are:
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<ul>
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<li>Respect the customer. Since the business is bootstrapped, I have
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all the means to behave ethically.
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</li>
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<li>Attention to detail creates the best product.</li>
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<li>Accessibility (and bandwidth) matter.</li>
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</ul>
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Stay tuned for a series of blog posts about creating the business, the
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technical details, and the guiding principles.
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<div></div>
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</div>
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</article>
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</section>
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{% endblock %}{# "body" #}
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