I build custom sites for a living and I still send some people to Squarespace. Here's how I decide between a website builder, WordPress, and custom code — including the part where my own bias shows.
A good domain name survives being said out loud in a noisy room. Here's how I help small businesses pick one, why .com still wins, where I register, and the mistakes that only hurt later.
When an options trade moves against you, panic leads to bad decisions. Here is my practical decision framework for rolling, taking a loss, or accepting assignment without emotional coping.
My dashboard's numbers don't come from Google Analytics — they come from three small tables in my own database: post views, deal clicks, and traffic sources. Here's why first-party counters are my source of truth, what GA4 and Vercel Analytics are still good for, and how the same data tells me which marketing actually produces paying work.
Sizing options trades comes down to capping maximum loss per trade at a small percentage of account capital. Here is the math, the leverage check, and the pre-entry routine I use.
A plain breakdown of the burr grinder, brewer, and beans in my daily morning coffee routine, including what is actually worth buying and what gear to skip.
My site runs an accessibility scan on every single push — axe checks plus heading-structure rules, across every public page and the signed-in admin, wired into the same browser tests that already run in CI. Here's the exact setup, what it has actually caught, and an honest list of what it can't catch.
No security team, no budget line, one person — and the site still takes payments, fetches URLs server-side, and delivers paid files. Here's the real threat model I built against and the concrete defenses in production right now: database-backed rate limiting, an SSRF-hardened importer, a CSP allowlist, and HMAC-gated downloads.
A plain look at what a small business website really costs in 2026, comparing DIY builders, freelancers, and agencies. I break down hidden fees like Google Workspace and domains so you know exactly what to budget.
The wheel strategy uses cash-secured puts and covered calls to generate premium income. Here is how I run the wheel end to end, and where the risks actually hide.
A plain-language guide to selling covered calls on stock you already own. Learn how strike selection works, the downside trade-off, and what happens when your stock gets called away.
