Low-Maintenance Go App Backups Using S3 or Azure Blob Lifecycle Rules

The article recommends using AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage for low-maintenance app data backups, choosing whichever matches the identity, monitoring, and restore tooling a team already operates. It proposes three paths: uploading large media directly via presigned URLs, storing backups under predictable keys, and letting lifecycle policies expire old copies. The application should manage metadata and recovery while keeping file bytes out of its own servers. It warns that retries during outages can cause duplicate transfers or retention gaps if keys and lifecycle rules are misaligned. The author also presents Infrai as a unified REST option for reducing provider-specific credential and SDK overhead, while cautioning that it does not replace provider-level retention and restore checks.