I just did all the job for you. Did you even say thank you?

Kids these days need to discover Google.

https://github.com/pypa/twine/issues/153

Man I have no idea but I read your entire post and it seems like you need to pause that work for a day or two. Do something else, touch grass, then come back and I’m sure you’ll have your answers.

Also sounds like one of those rare times when talking to a yellow duck would help. And splitting it all into smallest possible problems. Then solve one after another without thinking of the whole.

Borg + hetzner backup storage (that supports Borg and rsync but I use Borg so my backups are encrypted)