# Technikatsu
> Tech, minus the marketing fumes. Essays, fixes, and rants about the stuff you actually end up dealing with.
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## Pages
- [About](https://technikatsu.com/about.md) - Who I’m Arthur - a senior software developer, mentor, conference speaker and long-time observer of how technology actually works in practice. Over the years, I’ve worked across different areas of IT, from global enterprise systems to personal projects, and learned what makes tech both powerful and…

## Posts
- [My Long, Unnecessary Search for the Perfect Browser](https://technikatsu.com/my-long-unnecessary-search-for-the-perfect-browser.md) - Chrome is fast, secure and compatible. It’s also built by an advertising company. I tried the alternatives and ended up with Zen and Brave. Rooting for Ladybird!
- [What If AI Agents Could Simply Pay the Web?](https://technikatsu.com/what-if-ai-agents-could-simply-pay-the-web.md) - AI agents scrape valuable work for free. Paywalls punish one-time readers. There’s a better option: give the agent a wallet.
- [Chat Control Won by Losing the Vote](https://technikatsu.com/chat-control-won-by-losing-the-vote.md) - 314 MEPs voted to kill Chat Control. 276 backed it. It survives until 2028 anyway, because in EU procedure, absence can outweigh votes cast.
- [I Built a Tiny AI Task Manager Because AI Agents Keep Forgetting Context](https://technikatsu.com/i-built-a-tiny-ai-task-manager-because-ai-agents-keep-forgetting-context.md) - AI agents forget the plot between sessions. AI Task Manager gives them a local workflow built from markdown tickets, folders, and a lightweight kanban board, so project context survives different agents and sessions.
- [The Case for Boring Infrastructure](https://technikatsu.com/the-case-for-boring-infrastructure.md) - The industry decided that simple infrastructure is for beginners and distributed complexity is for serious engineers. I disagree.
- [Why I’m STILL Done with Windows for Software Development - TL;DR edition](https://technikatsu.com/why-im-still-done-with-windows-for-software-development-tl-dr-edition.md) - Call this "part 2" or just the “I-send-this-when-someone-says-Windows-is-fine-for-devs” edition. Old long post is here. Easy shots * Corpo bloat: macOS & Linux handle corporate bloat gracefully. Windows somehow manages to fight itself into lags * Builds: Same hardware. Same IDE. Same IntelliJ versi…
- [When "Pro" Means "Please Replace Often"](https://technikatsu.com/when-pro-means-please-replace-often-samsung-990-pro.md) - A supposedly “Pro” Samsung 990 NVMe turned my home server into a biweekly reboot ritual. Meanwhile, a forgotten SK Hynix laptop SSD ran flawlessly for five years. Here’s how a boring Goodram and a FireCuda 530R restored my faith in hardware.
- [AI Didn’t Ruin Tech. The Tourists Did](https://technikatsu.com/ai-didnt-ruin-tech-the-tourists-did.md) - You know what? I miss when tech was quiet. Not "boring". Just quiet. You’d sit down, open your IDE, maybe browse a few blogs or forums, tinker with some open-source repo. It felt like a craft: like carving wood, or doing art, in a way. Now? It’s a circus 🤡 Every second person is an "AI visionary."…
- [The Day My ISP Disappeared from the Internet](https://technikatsu.com/the-day-my-isp-disappeared-from-the-internet.md) - On May 28th, 2025, my ISP vanished from the internet - no DNS, no site, no support, nothing. What started as a casual “is your internet working?” turned into 20 hours of ISP outage.
- [Fixing DaVinci Resolve Keyboard Input on KDE Wayland (Without Switching to X11)](https://technikatsu.com/fixing-davinci-resolve-keyboard-input-on-kde-wayland-without-switching-to-x11.md) - Spoiler: it’s not your keyboard. It’s KDE’s appmenu module hijacking inputs and choking DaVinci Resolve under Wayland.
- [Real-Life Consequences of Bad UX](https://technikatsu.com/bad-ux-colorblind.md) - You ever stare at a map in a car-sharing app and think, "Umm, why does this whole area look… the same?" I spent 20 minutes driving around trying to figure out where the hell I was allowed to park.
- [A Single Picture Saved Our Project. Literally.](https://technikatsu.com/a-single-picture-saved-our-project-literally.md) - We were deep into building a new microservice — one of those projects where the requirements were abstract, shifting, and open to interpretation. You know how it goes: "It's just a simple microservice, basically it should just save X and communicate Y back". Yeah, right... At first, it felt managea…
- [What Being a Senior Developer Is Actually Like](https://technikatsu.com/what-being-a-senior-developer-is-actually-like.md) - So, you finally made it to Senior Developer? Nice. 🎉 Now, let’s talk about what that actually means – because it’s not just about writing more code all day.
- [Simplicity Is Harder Than It Looks 💡](https://technikatsu.com/simplicity-is-harder-than-it-looks.md) - In tech, it’s easy to confuse complexity with progress. Adding layers, abstractions, or extra features can feel like you’re being productive—sometimes even impressive—like you're building something substantial. We’ve all seen codebases and systems that seem to wear their complexity as a badge of ho…
- [The Art of Debugging: A Developer’s Detective Story](https://technikatsu.com/software-debug.md) - Debugging. Well, it's not exactly the most shiny side of programming, is it? No boot camp is advertising with "Learn programming from us, so you could debug an app in just a week!". Usually there’s no standing ovation when you fix a bug that’s been introduced in development and wasn't even shipped…
- [You Should Self-host And Here Is Why](https://technikatsu.com/you-should-self-host-and-here-is-why.md) - Sick of paying for services you barely control? Self-hosting could be the answer, but is it? Can it be sold in your CV? Can you learn anything from it? Are there any other benefits? The short answer is yes and here's why.
- [Why I’m Done with Windows for Software Development (Unless Forced)](https://technikatsu.com/windows-vs-linux-vs-mac.md) - I'll start from far away. First, here's some background of mine. I work as a software engineer and consultant, I've finished university for software engineering. Mostly I work with back-end in Java and, occasionally, other languages. I like computers and I'm no stranger to how hardware works and I…
- [Mentoring Junior Developers: The Role of Mentorship in IT](https://technikatsu.com/mentoring-junior-developers.md) - Recently, I was asked about my opinion on mentoring and pair programming. I thought this would make a great read and I'd share some thoughts and observations. It is going to be mostly about mentoring junior developers. My Early Days When I was a junior developer, I had the privilege of working with…
- [I Passed Oracle Java Exam. Should you?](https://technikatsu.com/is-oracle-java-certification-worth-it-2025.md) - Despite 7+ years in Java development, the Oracle Java Exam (OCP 1Z0-829) was a pain. After months of study, one failed attempt, and a second try, I’m now certified. Was it worth it? Maybe.
- [Modern Android Phones: Superior, No Root Needed](https://technikatsu.com/modern-android-phones-superior-no-root-needed.md) - Let's dive a little into the Android universe. I've been team Android since practically the dawn of time—or at least since Android 2.2. And inevitably, I've learned a thing or two along the way. Android is the reigning champ of mobile operating systems worldwide. Let's get a quick refresher about h…
- [5G Controversy: Essential Upgrade or Marketing Bait?](https://technikatsu.com/5g-speed-hype.md) - OK, I have something to tell about 5G. Yeah, you've probably heard a ton about it—how it's going to change the world with blazing speeds and unreal reliability. Some time already passed, but it's relatively new, an upgrade from the good old 4G, and it's been advertised like crazy by phone manufactu…
- [One Of My Websites Got Hacked 💀](https://technikatsu.com/one-of-my-websites-got-hacked.md) - I host quite a bit of content online, and one of them is a WordPress website. I tend to dislike WordPress due to the mess of plugins, nightmarish updates, extreme bloatware, and as a result, numerous security vulnerabilities. However, at the time, I didn't have an alternative, so here I am, hosting…
- [How to Choose a Laptop: A Guide for Non-Tech People](https://technikatsu.com/how-to-choose-a-laptop-a-guide-for-non-tech-people.md) - Is your old laptop showing signs of wear and tear, leaving you wondering about your next purchase? Have a budget and don’t know what to buy? Or you don’t even know how much money do you need to spend? You have no clue RAM is and how much do you need? Well, I’m here to help you with this guide, whic…

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