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Being a Bad Salesperson, By Choice
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/02/being-a-bad-salesperson-by-choice/
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New: Privacy and Security on Mastodon 
All Em's Privacy Guides articles 📚
Queer Dating Apps: Beware Who You Trust With Your Intimate Data 💔
Stay Safe, but Stay Connected 💚
Selling Surveillance as Convenience 
The Importance of Data Privacy For The Queer Community 
KeePassium Review: A Flexible Password Manager for iOS and macOS 🔐
Sam Altman Wants Your Eyeball 👁️
Age Verification Wants Your Face, and Your Privacy 🪪
In Praise of Tor: Why You Should Support and Use Tor 
Interview with Micah Lee: Cyd, Lockdown Systems, OnionShare, and more 
KeePassXC + YubiKey: How to set up a local-only password manager 
Privacy is Also Protecting the Data of Others 💛
How to Reset Your YubiKey and Create a Backup 
The UK Government Forced Apple to Remove Advanced Data Protection: What Does This Mean for You? 🍏
No, Privacy is Not Dead: Beware the All-or-Nothing Mindset 🔒
CryptPad Review: Replacing Google Docs 🛡️
The Future of Privacy: How Governments Shape Your Digital Life 🌐
Using Tails When Your World Doesn't Feel Safe Anymore 💜
Personal blog (older articles): 👇
The Solutions to Proctoring Software 🎓
The Problem with Proctoring Software 
The Mastodon’s Guide to the Fediverse
Easy Practical Privacy Tips for Everyone 
The Importance of Using Messaging Apps With End-to-End Encryption, Which Ones to Use and Why 
I Just Want to Go Back Home
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/30/i-just-want-to-go-back-home/
No Masks, Just Us
Okay, I didn't want to go on about this, but...
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05/when-we-become-cheerleaders-for-our-own-demise/
Reposting to generate some load on the VPS 🙂
Why I'm Expanding My Blogging Presence
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/17/why-i-m-expanding-my-blogging-presence/
9 September 1943
On 9th September 1943, my grandparents faced fear, hope, and loss in the midst of war. This is their story, told through the memories of that day.
MacBook Pro vs Car: Why Small Businesses Still Win
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/09/macbook-pro-vs-car-why-small-businesses-still-win/
Make Your Own Kind of Music
The sound of classic rock from a passing bike on a summer evening, and the unexpected bridge it creates between two generations. A quiet reflection on the courage to choose your own music, and your own path.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/04/make-your-own-kind-of-music/
When Bigger Stops Being Better
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/10/when-bigger-stops-being-better/
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The Rubble of Memory
A fleeting glimpse of a car on the highway sparks a journey back in time, a reflection on youth, lost dreams, and the powerful, deceptive nature of memory.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/27/the-rubble-of-memory/
I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.
And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".
Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.
At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.
Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.
Looking Back at 2025, Looking Forward to 2026
Pizzas, tiramisu, stickers, and plenty of coffee. But above all, people.
My 2025 has been a journey from Canada to Croatia, reconnecting with old friends and launching new projects. In a difficult year for the world, I chose to focus on the light emitted by positive figures, who are often the quiet ones.
I’ve written a farewell post for this incredible year on my personal blog. See you in 2026, with the same Smile(TM).
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/31/looking-back-at-2025-looking-forward-to-2026/
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A small domestic crime, a cold night walk, and the mind starts to wander...
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/01/the-universes-behind-the-lights/
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An email asking if my software was abandoned made me realize how the ideal of completeness has disappeared from our lives. In an era of mandatory updates and disposable goods, I reflect on the value of boring software - the kind that is finished, reliable, and simply does its job.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/06/the-virtue-of-finished-things/
#MyNotes #World #Reflections #IT #Life #Blogging
The Virtue of Finished Things
An email asking if my software was abandoned made me realize how the ideal of completeness has disappeared from our lives. In an era of mandatory updates and disposable goods, I reflect on the value of boring software - the kind that is finished, reliable, and simply does its job.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/06/the-virtue-of-finished-things/
A loud noise outside my window brings back a memory from 2002. The night I truly could have died.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/11/the-mechanically-perfect-lie/
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The Mechanically Perfect Lie
A loud noise outside my window brings back a memory from 2002. The night I truly could have died.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/11/the-mechanically-perfect-lie/