Steven Zeegers

Hi, I'm Steven. I'm a 30-something autistic ethical hacker who is fascinated with technology and dabbles in photography, video games and creating content for YouTube and blogs.

Press Start To Start Developer Career

I always tought about making a career switch and becoming a developer, but it always seemed to be so hard. So, other than “hacking away” at some existing projects I never really did any programming. Even as a “web developer” most of what I did was focused on using existing tools. Programming my own solution? …

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Making all that money online

“Make Money Online”, What you’re really buying.

Anyone with a “hiatus” between jobs, access to a computer and knowledge of building a website has been there at some point. You were on the website after seeing an advertisement or Googling “How to make money online”. You were about to click that button that screamed at you to BUY THIS THING NOW. For …

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Moving Forward – or “The Next Chapter, if you like cliché post titles

Car keys? Check. The car itself? Check Fuel card? Check. Office keys? Check. SIM card? Check. Last Friday I dropped off the last of the items from my former employer. After working there for a little more than a decade, we decided to go separate ways. When two humans split up you are always wondering …

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Twitter has lost it’s charm

I am looking at my Twitter feed in Tweetdeck. Tweets fly by, and I try to distill something useful or interesting from the stream of information in the awfully blue client. Somehow, it doesn’t click. Without reading a single tweet, I decide to close the tab, and I start wondering what happened. There was a …

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I built an app that’ll help you calculate complex stuff

When I start writing this blog post, I sigh as I read the title. At the same time, I have got to accept that it really describes the app the most accurately. So, without further adue… allow me to explain. About a year ago, I was standing in a store, helping my mother decide what …

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This Number Is Unknown To The Internet

There is something about making phone calls that makes me queasy.  I just don’t like it, and when I have to make a call I roleplay the possible scenarios in my head. Only to say something completely different when actually making the call. But that’s not really the point. This feeling gets amplified when I …

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This Blog. Also, this blog

“I should have a personal blog. It would be great. Everyone important on the internet has got one.” – Me, when starting this blog. versus “What am I supposed to do with this blog? Everything I want to say is already published elsewhere.” – Also me, right now. The above quotes actually define this blog. …

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Why Minimum Wage Jobs Are More Exciting Than Fiverr

Past weekend I was considering to reactivate my Fiverr gigs. If you are now scratching your head and thinking “What’s a Fiverr”, here’s a short TL;DR: Fiverr is a “job market” where you can sell and buy ‘gigs’. The selling point slash marketing gimmick is that “each gig is sold for a “fiver” or five …

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