Why Smart People Fall for Scams (And How I Nearly Did Too)
James Holloway
I got scammed once. Not badly, but enough to sting. It was a vendor I thought I’d vetted properly for a freelance project. They delivered partial work, disappeared, and kept…
James Holloway
Why I’m Excited About Non-Destructive GPU VBIOS Modifications on Raspberry Pi Projects
I’ve been tinkering with Raspberry Pi projects for years now, and one thing I’ve learned the hard way is that hardware modifications carry real consequences. When you’re working with GPUs—especially…
Flight Booking Hacks That Airlines Have Already Patched
I’ve spent enough time debugging code to recognize a pattern: once a loophole becomes public knowledge, it gets closed. The same thing happens with flight booking tricks. What worked brilliantly…
Why Cleaning Hacks Go Viral (And Which Ones Actually Work)
I spend most of my time thinking about code, not cleaning. But I’ve noticed something interesting: people share cleaning tips online with the same energy they use to share debugging…
Why Container Management Systems Matter More Than You Think
When I first started working with containerization technology a few years back, I thought I understood what the fuss was about. Quick deployments, isolated environments, less “works on my machine”…
Why AI-Powered Cybercrime Should Make You Actually Worried
I spent last Tuesday afternoon cleaning up after a ransomware attack. Not my own infrastructure—thank goodness for proper backups and segmentation—but a client’s network. Watching the team work through the…
Why Some Investors Still See Gold in the North Sea
There’s something almost defiant about betting on North Sea oil right now. When you walk into a London boardroom and see geological maps of offshore gas fields spread across the…
Running Docker on Android: What I’ve learned from shrinking my home lab onto a phone
I’ve been running servers and services on everything from old laptops to Raspberry Pis for years. But when I first heard about running Docker containers directly on an Android phone,…
Why Most Travel ‘Hacks’ Are Just Security Theater
I’ve been building software for over a decade, and one thing I’ve learned is that people love shortcuts. They love the feeling of outsmarting a system. But here’s what I’ve…
When Government Contracts Go Wrong: Lessons From a Power Deal Scandal
A few years back, I was brought in to audit a supply chain management system for a mid-sized company. Nothing seemed out of place at first—the database was organized, the…