If you went with CLN than you are going to want to back up your HSM secret. That would be the equivalent of your bip39 words.
Thank you for pushing hard on the Alby hub/start9 stuff recently. I just set it up and it was not too difficult. You can get it done with a bit of sweat and elbow grease.
I just hope the backups work, since at no point was I made to write down a seed phrase.
https://fountain.fm/episode/hbao50yQfbe0GmMSFIee
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I used LND because that's what's supported by Alby Hub.