Freelance Full-Stack & Embedded Systems Engineer and Educator. Based in Jakarta. Pragmatic, resourceful, and community-driven. Passionate about IoT, Open Source, and Non-duality.
The Quest for Perpetual Free Cloud: It’s Not a Myth! Alright, tech enthusiasts, Wong Edan here, and let’s be real. We *all* love free stuff. Especially when that “free stuff” is access to powerful cloud computing resources. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has been the darling of the free tier crowd for a while, but the […]
The Mythical Free VPS: Oracle Cloud Always Free Tier – A Deep Dive Okay, listen up, tech enthusiasts and budget-conscious cloud adventurers! You’ve probably seen the whispers, the forum posts, the YouTube videos promising a free VPS (Virtual Private Server) from Oracle Cloud, and not just *any* VPS, but one packing a serious punch: 4 […]
Alright, alright, settle down tech enthusiasts! Wong Edan here, ready to dissect a problem that plagues every self-respecting developer: getting that sweet, sweet localhost project visible to the wider internet *without* wrestling with dynamic IPs, port forwarding, or begging your ISP for a static address. It’s 2026, people! We should be building, not battling network […]
The ThinkPad & Linux Synergy: Why It Just *Works* Okay, let’s be real. You’re a developer. You’ve probably spent more time staring at a terminal than at actual sunlight. You need a machine that can keep up, a machine that doesn’t fight you, and a machine that just… disappears so you can *actually* code. Enter […]
Okay, let’s be real. The internet isn’t the wild west it used to be. Every click, every search, every website you visit is a data point being collected, analyzed, and often, sold. It’s creepy, it’s invasive, and frankly, it’s a bit rude. But before you go full-off-grid and start communicating via carrier pigeon, there are […]
The Great Awakening: Stanford’s Eggheads Ditch the Hype, Embrace the Hammer of Reality Alright, listen up, you digital denizens, you algorithm acolytes, you poor, deluded souls still thinking AI is just about making cat videos talk. Wong Edan is here, and my ears just perked up like a stray dog hearing a dropped keropok. Why? […]