I’ve bought an M1 MacBook Air despite many concerns that I thought of and voiced in one of my Medium articles. I was concerned about the new architecture, the closed platform I am subscribing myself into and many other factors. Let’s see if any of those were indeed true? Battery Life Well…

I’ve already written an article about the reasons why Apple Silicon might be a good and not so good choice. There is no doubt that technically this is a huge step forward for the whole computer industry. It’s fast, efficient and you can actually use your MacBook on your lap…

Brief History OS/2. The first time I’ve heard about this Operating System was somewhere in the late 1990s. I was a kid back in Russia and I’ve always had an eye on exploring different operating systems, including OS/2 and Linux. OS/2 was a stable and customizable alternative to Windows. There is more…

It seems to me that more and more people realize that managing their finances is a crucial part of success. However, in the past few years, managing finances became much harder because of the skyrocketing inflation, stock market volatility, and uncertainty in the way the market behaves overall. Personally, I’ve…

When we talk about performing testing — there is typically a wide range of activities a typical QA Engineer performs those days. It could be: - Testing the new build - Verifying the backward compatibility with older app versions - Making sure that the build works correctly against different environments - Writing Test Automation…

It seems like we are living in two parallel worlds right now. There are people who still believe in traditional banking and then there are people like me who believe that Savings Accounts, Checks, and even plastic debit/credit cards are the thing of the past. Why? Simple. The banks have…

I have a friend that once asked me if it’s worth updating the Mac OS to the latest version. This question by itself made me wonder why people are even asking it. In the long run, the update is necessary and unavoidable. The only exception was Mac OS Mojave which…

This week has been a bloody bath for Crypto. Everyone is in panic mode and considering selling, screaming around that this is the end for Crypto and it could not be a reliable payment method. Honestly, every time I hear statements like this I’m not sure what they are talking…

Every Crypto-related article that I read online typically either sees crypto as new digital gold or sees it as a speculative asset that is got to plunge in the future. Instead of screaming around and looking for an easy answer — let’s take the discussion to a next level and…