My Review

Ditched Adobe After Three Years — Here's What Free Software I Actually Use Now

I spent $55 a month on Adobe Premiere for way too long. Not because it's the only good option, but because I was scared of looking unprofessional with "free software." Turns out, that fear was completely unfounded. After spending the last year testing every remotely legitimate free video editor available, I've narrowed it down to four tool…

Can You Actually Stay Private Online, or Are We All Just Pretending?

Let's be honest. Every time you open your browser, fill out a form, or post a photo, you're leaving digital breadcrumbs. I used to think privacy online was this mythical thing—something only tech paranoids worried about. Then I started tracking where my data actually goes. Spoiler: it goes everywhere. But here's what I've learned after thre…

Most Productivity Extensions Are Garbage — Here's Why These 6 Actually Deserve Space in Your Browser

I've installed somewhere around 200 browser extensions over the past five years. Most of them sit there like digital clutter, slowing down my browser, hogging RAM, and promising productivity improvements that never materialize. Some I forgot I had installed. Some actively made my work worse. But then there are the rare ones. The extensions that genuinely…

4 Automation Scripts That Handle My Busywork So I Don't Have To

I spend roughly two hours every week doing things a computer should be doing for me. Renaming files. Organizing downloads. Sending the same email template. Resizing screenshots. These aren't complicated tasks, but they're *repetitive*, mind-numbing, and they break my focus when I'm trying to actually work . Six months ago, I decided to stop tolera…

Password Managers Aren't All Created Equal—Free Ones Have Real Limits

I've been burned by password reuse more times than I'd like to admit. That one compromised database, and suddenly someone's trying to log into my bank account from Moscow. So I've spent the last three months living with different password managers, testing them the way actual humans do—not in some sterile lab, but while juggling work, online sh…