My Review

I Spent 6 Months Tracking What Actually Gets People Hired in 2025 — Here's What Changed

Introduction Look, the job market for tech roles feels different this year. I've been talking to hiring managers, developers who just landed jobs, and bootcamp grads who are crushing interviews, and there's a pattern emerging that honestly surprised me. The skills that mattered in 2023 don't automatically matter now. Some are fading. Others hav…

I Hosted 5 Websites on GitHub Pages for Free — Here's What I Learned

Why GitHub Pages Is Honestly Pretty Great (and When It's Not) Let me be honest right from the start: when I first heard about GitHub Pages, I thought it was some overcomplicated developer thing that wasn't meant for normal people. I was wrong. Dead wrong. Over the past few years, I've hosted multiple projects, portfolio sites, and documentation pa…

I Tested 20+ Android Apps So You Don't Have To — Here's What Actually Makes the Cut

Introduction Let me be honest with you : I've been that person downloading every promising productivity app, only to delete it three weeks later because it was either bloated, slow, or just didn't solve anything. But after years of writing about tech and actually living with these tools day-to-day, I've finally figured out which Android apps are g…

I Built a Cybersecurity Home Lab for $0 — Here's Exactly What I Did

Introduction Let me be honest: when I first decided to learn cybersecurity seriously, I thought I'd need thousands of dollars in equipment and software. Enterprise firewalls, premium penetration testing tools, maybe even a rack server gathering dust in my closet. Spoiler alert — I was completely wrong. After spending the last three years building and re…

I Tested 7 Free Coding Platforms So You Don't Have To — Here's Which One Actually Sticks

Introduction Look, I remember when learning to code felt impossibly expensive. Back in 2015, I seriously considered dropping $200 on a bootcamp course because I thought that was my only option. Then I discovered Codecademy was free. Then I found FreeCodecamp. Then... well, I fell down a rabbit hole of free coding platforms that lasted about three years. Here…