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A reading path for fixing your home network, adding privacy tools, and avoiding expensive mistakes.

If you landed here from Google looking for one fix, go to Articles. This page is the order I’d give you on a phone call.

Path 1: “My Wi-Fi is terrible”

1. How I fixed my parents’ Wi-Fi without buying a mesh system — placement and channels before spending money
2. Five router settings worth changing in ten minutes — admin password, firmware, guest network
3. The home network diagram I actually use — what is connected to what (publishes August 24)

Path 2: “I want privacy but I’m not a hacker”

1. Raspberry Pi privacy setup for beginners — Pi-hole plus an optional VPN
2. Six months of Pi-hole data — what blocked, what broke (publishes August 21)
3. Should you pay for a VPN in 2026? — not a sponsor script

Path 3: “I want extra money online”

1. UserTesting honest review (publishes September 2)
2. First $500 month writing about tech (publishes September 5)

Guides listed as upcoming return a 404 until their publish date. That is on purpose — the archive grows over the next few weeks instead of dumping everything on day one.

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