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My 7-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge: Deleting Social Media from My Phone and Coding the Replacement Tool
I was checking Instagram while waiting for a build to finish. The build finished, I didn't notice, and I kept scrolling. Fifteen minutes vanished...
Setting Up a Pi-hole for My Family: The Unexpected Devices It Broke (and Fixed)
I set up a Pi-hole on a quiet Saturday morning, expecting to feel like a hero. My family had been complaining about the ads...
I Let AI Write My Pull Requests for a Week: Here’s What My Team Said
I have always treated pull request descriptions as a necessary chore. You write the code, you test it, and then you stare at the...
How Much Electricity Does My Home Lab Really Use? I Plugged Everything into a Smart Meter
I run a small home lab. It hums in the corner of my office, a collection of single board computers, a mini PC, a...
Testing 5 Budget Mechanical Keyboards Under $50: Typing Feel, Noise, and Reliability as a Full-Time Coder
I type for a living. When you spend eight to ten hours a day hammering out code, emails, and documentation, the keyboard is not...
I Switched from Chrome to Firefox as a Developer for 30 Days: These Are the DevTools I Missed
I used Chrome for everything since its second year of existence. The developer tools felt like home. I knew the keyboard shortcuts, the little...
My Experiment: Coding with Copilot vs. Solo for a Full Month (Metrics Included)
I have been using GitHub Copilot since it launched, but I never knew if it actually made me faster. It felt faster. The autocomplete...
How I Set Up a Fully Offline AI Chatbot on My Laptop and What It Can Actually Do
I spend a lot of time in places with bad internet. Coffee shops where the Wi-Fi buckles under load, trains snaking through rural countryside,...
Living with a Foldable Phone as My Only Device for 90 Days: The Unfiltered Truth
I traded my laptop, tablet, and old phone for a single foldable device. For 90 days, a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 was my...
I Tracked Every Tech Subscription I Paid in 2026 and Cut 40%: Here’s the Data
In January 2026, I opened my bank statement and felt a familiar, low-grade nausea. There were charges I recognized and a handful I didn't....
