[Digital] Science
How XDR Connects the Disconnected Layers of Cybersecurity
November 10, 2026 Reading time: 10 minutes
Modern organizations depend on a diverse mix of endpoints, cloud services, networks, email systems, applications, and digital identities. Each layer creates valuable security information, but that information is often distributed across separate tools. An endpoint system may detect suspicious software while an identity platform records an unusual login and a network service identifies communication with an unknown domain.
Viewed separately, these events may appear unrelated. Together, they may reveal a coordinated attack.
Extended Detection and Response, commonly called XDR, addresses this visibility problem by bringing security information from multiple sources into a connected detection and response process. Instead of treating every alert as an isolated event, XDR helps security teams examine relationships among users, devices, processes, communications, and other activity.
AdSense Alternatives for Small Websites
September 26, 2026 Reading time: 6 minutes
Google AdSense remains one of the best-known ways to monetize a blog or website. However, getting started with AdSense is not always as straightforward as it may seem. New websites can have difficulty getting approved, while smaller publishers may find that their traffic levels are not yet high enough to generate meaningful earnings.
As a result, many bloggers and website owners look for advertising networks with fewer barriers to entry. Fortunately, several alternatives allow publishers to monetize relatively small websites without demanding traffic requirements.
These networks use a variety of advertising formats, including popunders, banners, native ads, push notifications, interstitials, video ads, and other performance-based formats. Testing different networks and ad formats can help publishers determine which approach works best for their audience.
The Planet of the Nameless
May 21, 2026 Reading time: 5 minutes
Picture this, dear Earthling: a soggy little rock called Earth, crawling with squishy biological beings we politely call “humans”. These creatures lug around fancy central processing units (a.k.a. brains) that keep their carbon-made shells running by constantly stealing molecules from other shells. Usually the ones with dumber brains. They call this “food”.
But here’s the hilarious part: They insist on labels. They call it “individuality”. Without little name tags, how would they know who to fight, who to simp for, and which tribe gets to wear the matching silly hats this week? Their entire sense of self-worth depends on being uniquely part of a group.
About chances for monetization of a YouTube channel
September 5, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
According to YouTube Stats, there are 114 million active YouTube channels in 2025. About 321,000 channels have surpassed the 100,000 subscribers, according to statistical data. Only 10% of those can be monetized with more than 100$ per day (ask ChatGPT for this number - it will pull a few reliable sources). The chances of success for channels with fewer than 100,000 subscribers and earning more than $100 per day are quite small and can be ignored. So, the probability of a newly created YouTube channel earning more than $100 per day is just 0.00028 (or 0.028%) [1]. This figure is significantly lower than the probability of being killed in a U.S. city [2].
A honest guide for using social media
December 28, 2024 Reading time: 4 minutes
I decided to create a guide explaining how to use social media platforms, based on my 10 years of experience with YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. I hope it will be useful for those who choose to use these platforms in the future.
First, create an account on YouTube, Twitter/X, or Instagram. Post an engaging video with a story. You might get a few views from your friends and the social media employees checking the content for spam and appropriateness. But this will likely be all the engagement you get. Hashtags generally do not work as effectively as you'd hope.
The alarming state of the human mindset
December 5, 2024 Reading time: 8 minutes
One of my friends decided to create an educational website. It was a fantastic idea, and I fully encouraged him to pour his heart into the project. However, a lingering question kept nagging me: Are people curious enough to pay attention to this kind of work?
Unfortunately, I was right to worry. The web traffic to his site was so low that he began to feel anxious about what he was doing wrong. Generating a large number of web clicks wasn't the problem - after all, paying Google a few hundred dollars could easily drive traffic. The real issue was that behind these clicks, there were no actual people exploring the content on his website. Essentially, he ended up buying an "army" of internet bots created by the web search company, designed to make him believe his investment was worthwhile.
