So, macam korang nampak kat title tu — yes, aku memang berjaya repair phone tu. Macam Mana Cerita Dia Bermula Jadi, begini kisahnya. Aku ada Samsung Galaxy Note 9 yang mak aku dapat secara tak sengaja — masa dia belikan fon lain untuk bapa aku (fon second hand), seller tu sekali bagi beberapa fon lain yang rosak sebagai tambahan. Salah satu daripada fon-fon tu? Note 9 ni. Waktu pertama kali aku nampak fon tu, skrin dia… Ya Allah. AMOLED burn yang teruk gila. Masih boleh scroll sikit-sikit, tapi memang dah macam on life-support. Lagi teruk dari tu, skrin dia flicker hijau-hijau, dan selepas beberapa hari je, skrin dia terus completely dead. ...

I have a Chromebook. Not a powerful Chromebook. Not one of those newer models with a Core i7, 16 GB of RAM, and enough storage to pretend it’s a real laptop. Mine has an: Intel Celeron N3350 Intel HD Graphics 500 (Integrated) 4 GB RAM 32 GB eMMC storage Yeah, 32 GB! And somehow, I use it as my main development machine. Why? I’m broke and at some point, I stopped caring about having a powerful computer. ...

There was a version of my website that worked perfectly. No weird bugs. No messy structure. No performance issues. It did its job, stayed out of the way, and quietly existed. And I deleted it. Not because it was broken. Not because it needed refactoring. Just… because I got bored. The first mistake: boredom disguised as improvement At some point, everything stable starts to feel “too familiar”. The layout feels predictable. The structure feels obvious. Nothing surprises you anymore. ...

Every year, a new web framework promises to make development faster, cleaner, and more enjoyable. Social media fills with benchmarks, comparisons, and videos explaining why you should migrate immediately. It’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind if you’re not using the latest tool. But building software isn’t just about writing code. It’s about maintaining systems that continue to work long after the excitement around a framework has faded. Software Lives Longer Than Trends Choosing a framework isn’t a decision for today—it’s a decision you’ll continue living with months or even years from now. ...

Most people think the internet forgets things. It doesn’t. Even when you delete posts, change usernames, or switch accounts, traces of your online presence often remain scattered across the web. And this is exactly where OSINT comes in. What is OSINT? OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence. It sounds fancy, but the idea is simple: OSINT is the practice of collecting and analyzing information from publicly available sources. That includes things like: ...