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Explore my journey through technical posts on emerging tech trends, hands-on coding projects, and occasional personal reflections—non-technical insights are in the personal section.

Aside technical posts on Technology in general, I take an interest in AI applications, and review the most intriguing ones in the posts section. Extra information about me and how to contact me are on the about page

Latest Posts

Review: Google Antigravity License Agreement and First Impressions

Google’s new Antigravity code editor promises a revolution where AI agents write and test code for you, but the fine print reveals a potential privacy nightmare. This review uncovers buried...

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What is Google Pay and Apple Pay? How They Work, Where They Work, & Why They're Safer

In a world where your phone is your wallet, Google Pay (also known as the Google Wallet) and Apple Pay have become essential tools for millions. But what exactly are...

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The Google vs. FFmpeg Debate: AI Finds a Bug, But Who Has to Fix It?

In the vast world of software, a recent conflict has flared up between Google’s elite security team and the volunteer maintainers of FFmpeg, a project that powers countless apps you...

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Finding Your Fuel: A Guide to Popular Open Data Repositories

In data science and machine learning, data is the new oil—it’s the fuel that powers our models and insights. But finding the right data can be a challenge. Whether you’re...

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Personal posts

The Good Kind of Tired: Why “Happily Exhausted” Deserves Its Own Word

You know the feeling. Your legs are jelly after the final whistle, your eyes burn after the last line of code compiles, your arms ache from carrying a laughing kid...

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He Made $2,000 in One Week With AI... Then TikTok Froze $3,000

First came the win: $2,200 in profit in just one week. Then came the loss: $3,722 in earnings, frozen and inaccessible. This is the high-stakes reality of one creator’s experiment...

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King Promise Drops a Global Banger: "Terminator" feat. Young Jonn (2023)

Ghanaian Afrobeats star King Promise unleashed “Terminator” in May 2023, but the remix featuring Nigeria’s Young Jonn—dropped in July—turned it into a continental and international smash. This post dives into...

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Prague's Spinning Head, Astro Clock and Free Apples!

Got another update from my friend Robert on his Europe trip! Today, he’s in Prague, Czech Republic, and sent me some really cool stuff.

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