I've spent twenty years building, breaking, and shipping software for a living — and Part Time Techie is where I write it all down.
I started this in 2014 for a simple reason: the best technical knowledge I'd gained rarely made it into the documentation. It lived in muscle memory, in war stories, in the "oh, that's why" moments you only get from running things in production. So I began publishing it — plainly, honestly, and without the hype cycle.
Everything here is something I've actually used. No sponsored conclusions, no chasing trends for clicks. If I recommend a tool, I run it. If I warn you off something, I've been burned by it.
These days I split my time between the articles you're reading and the YouTube channel, where the same ideas get the full walkthrough treatment.
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7+ articles and a 22k-subscriber YouTube channel on practical, field-tested technology.
Senior Engineer & Systems Tinkerer
Designing, shipping, and operating production systems — and maintaining a home lab that doubles as a test bench.
Full-Stack Developer
Cut my teeth on everything from front-end to the metal. Learned most of my lasting lessons the hard way.
First C:\ prompt
A hand-me-down PC, a stack of manuals, and the realization that the machine would do exactly what you told it to.
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The fundamentals
Terminals, networking, Linux, and the boring-but-essential building blocks that everything else sits on.
The home lab
Self-hosting, NAS builds, and reclaiming control of your digital life one service at a time.
The workflow
DevOps, automation, dotfiles, and the small habits that compound into real productivity.
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