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Cloud Computing for Small Business: The Migration Decisions That Actually Matter
Here’s the number that reframes the entire on-premise vs. cloud debate for small businesses: a single physical server costs $5,000-$15,000 upfront, plus $200-$500 per month…
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DIY Bathroom Renovation on a Budget: Where to Spend and Where to Save
I renovated my first bathroom in 2017 for about $4,800 — and I overspent in all the wrong places. Dropped $600 on a fancy faucet…
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Business Intelligence Tools That Small Companies Can Actually Afford
If your Monday mornings start with 45 minutes of copying numbers from QuickBooks into a spreadsheet, pivoting columns, fixing broken formulas, and emailing a PDF…
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How Concert Ticket Pricing Actually Works — And Why It Feels Like a Scam
Last year, I tried to buy tickets to see a mid-tier indie band at a 3,000-seat venue. Face value was $65. By the time I…
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Blockchain Beyond Crypto: The Business Applications That Survived the Hype Cycle
Every few years, a technology gets so buried under its own hype that the actual utility becomes invisible. Blockchain hit that point around 2018, when…
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How Misinformation Spreads Online — A Technical Breakdown of the Amplification Machine
In March 2022, a fabricated screenshot of a CNN breaking news banner circulated on Twitter for eleven hours before it was flagged. During that window,…
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Standing Desks, Walking Pads, and Ergonomic Chairs: What the Research Actually Says
I’ve spent the last three years testing standing desks, walking pads, and ergonomic chairs — both for myself and for a small office I help…
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AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud: What Nobody Will Tell You Straight
I’ve deployed production workloads on all three major cloud platforms. Dozens of them. Across startups burning through seed funding, mid-market companies running ERP migrations, and…
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The Streaming Wars in 2025: Which Services Are Actually Worth Paying For
I currently pay for six streaming services. Six. That’s roughly $85 a month before taxes, and I still can’t find anything to watch on a…
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AI-Powered Customer Service Tools Compared: An Honest Assessment of What Delivers and What Doesn’t
I’ve deployed AI customer service tools at 30+ companies over the past four years. SaaS startups, ecommerce brands, regional service businesses, B2B firms with complex…