Why maintaining a healthy skepticism gets you better outcomes. One of my old hobbies was writing for independent music magazines, such as Spill Magazine distributed free at music venues and DV8 distributed free at hair salons. Over the years, I saw ...

For many developers and small security teams, choosing a Web Application Firewall often means picking between two extremes: either a fully managed cloud WAF that feels like a black box, or a complex enterprise solution that’s heavy to deploy and ma...

Less is more: my updated web development portfolio A little less, at least: My web development portfolio website used to be a compact one-pager but full of information that grew in size over time. So, I wanted to remove some buzzwords and undesirab...

When I built my first React app, I didn’t expect to be embarrassed by it. I had the logic working. Components rendered. Data flowed. But when I stepped back and looked at the whole thing… it just felt off. No one had to tell me I knew it was ugly. ...

I’ll be honest: I got lost. For the past year, I abandoned my comfort zone. As a veteran Vue 2 developer, I felt the "Fear Of Missing Out" FOMO hitting me hard. Everywhere I looked, people were shouting: > "AI will replace you!" > "Learn LLMs or b...