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Burnout Is a Systems Problem, Not a You Problem
Another colleague quit this week. Smart, capable, and just flat-out done. Not because of one project or one team—but because the system kept asking for more while giving less. Here’s the truth: burnout isn’t fixed by breathing exercises and standing desks. It’s fixed by healthy boundaries, good leadership, and sustainable workloads. If you’re in tech…
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Who Owns Your Data When AI Trains on It?
An artist friend reached out: her work showed up in an AI-generated gallery online—without permission, without credit, and definitely without payment. This isn’t rare. This is the internet now. And it raises the biggest question in digital ownership since the days of Napster: who owns what? AI models need training data. But at what point…
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My Remote Work Setup—Built for the Real World
After helping a local client last week whose VPN went down during a storm, I realized most folks still think “remote work setup” means a laptop and Zoom. That’s not enough. Here’s what I use (and recommend): None of this is fancy. But it works. If you’re serious about remote work, stop thinking about “tools”…
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Why I Still Love Boring, Open-Source Tools
With all the hype around AI agents and bleeding-edge automation, I spent my Saturday morning… installing htop, nmap, and rsync on a fresh Debian box. Why? Because they still work. And they don’t phone home. There’s a quiet power in using software that does one thing well—and respects your privacy while doing it. I’ll take…
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Breached and Ghosted—What NOT to Do After a Hack
A small project management firm got hit with ransomware last week. Standard stuff—files encrypted, ransom demanded. But instead of communicating with customers, they went silent. No emails. No social posts. Not even a banner on their site. Just… vanished. This is every IT team’s nightmare. But it’s made worse by the instinct to hide. When…