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Christina Lewis is a web designer and technical writer who bridges design, development, and hosting with clear, practical advice. With a Master’s degree in web design and communications from the University of Florida, she combines a foundation in mass communications with real hands-on experience creating websites and managing hosting environments. Now, she combines her writing experience with her technical knowledge to craft and edit content that gives value to novice techies and field experts.

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Vector Databases Quietly Hit Majority Adoption in AI Engineering

Vector Databases Quietly Hit Majority Adoption in AI Engineering

By: Lynn Cadet • 9/23/2025
Survey Methodology: This survey was conducted in August 2025 among 300 U.S.-based engineers with at least three years of experience. Respondents held roles in Data... read more »
How To Build a Website With AI for Free

How to Build a Website With AI for Free

By: Joe Warnimont • 9/17/2025
I’ve experimented with dozens of AI website builders over the past year, and I can confidently say I’m both amazed at some elements AI can produce but also skeptical... read more »
52% of Americans Would Pay for Ad-Free Browsing

52% of Americans Would Pay for Ad-free Browsing

By: Lynn Cadet • 8/12/2025
You’re watching your favorite content creator on social media when you’re hit with not one, or two, but three ads within a 10-minute span. For some, this is just... read more »
7 Out of 10 Developers Admit Industry Hype Drove Their Migrations

7 Out of 10 Developers Admit Industry Hype Drove Their Migrations

By: Joe Warnimont • 7/30/2025
Methodology: This survey was conducted in July 2025 among 500 U.S.-based software developers with at least five years of experience. These respondents have been on... read more »
What Is HostingOps? The Role of Hosting Operations in Web Infrastructure

The Role of Hosting Operations in Web Infrastructure

By: Joe Warnimont • 7/29/2025
Right out of college, I worked at a golf course software company, and with that came server management for golf websites and apps. I never touched the servers... read more »
Survey: 3 out of 4 Americans Prefer Mobile Websites Over Dedicated Apps

3 out of 4 Americans Prefer Mobile Websites Over Dedicated Apps

By: Lynn Cadet • 7/22/2025
There’s an app for that… but does there need to be? We’ve all been there before. We fire up our mobile browser, type in a search, click a promising link, only to be... read more »
Green in Theory, Gray in Practice: Only 41% of IT Leaders Prioritize Sustainable Storage

Survey: Only 41% of IT Leaders Prioritize Sustainable Storage

By: Lynn Cadet • 7/14/2025
Sustainability may dominate boardroom presentations, but when it comes to making decisions about data storage infrastructure, most IT leaders are still prioritizing... read more »
Despite Heavy Internet Use, More Than Half of Americans Don’t Know What Web Hosting Is

More Than Half of Americans Don’t Know What Web Hosting Is

By: Lynn Cadet • 6/4/2025
More than 33,000 new domains are registered daily across the internet. Given that staggering number, and the fact that hundreds of millions of people visit websites... read more »
76% Want Control Over Social Feeds—Not Algorithm Guesswork

76% Want Control Over Social Feeds—Not Algorithm Guesswork

By: Lynn Cadet • 5/14/2025
It turns out, people prefer their social media to have features that lesser-known “decentralized” social networks, like Bluesky and Mastodon, have. HostingAdvice... read more »
What Is a Text Editor? A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Right One

A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Right Text Editor

By: Joe Warnimont • 4/9/2025
I used to have a bad habit of opening HTML and other coding files in Microsoft Word. Eventually, I was told to use a text editor, so I turned to Notepad. That wasn’t... read more »
What Is Agile Methodology? Understanding Agile in Product Development

Understanding Agile in Product Development

By: Christian de Looper • 3/27/2025
Do you ever feel like projects are overwhelming, with all the tasks and subtasks that require completion? Product development projects are usually highly complex... read more »
What Is Cybersecurity? Essential Cybersecurity Habits Everyone Should Follow

What Is Cybersecurity?

By: Sead Fadilpasic • 3/20/2025
In 2023, Microsoft launched a report that stated one simple, yet shocking fact: basic security hygiene can protect against 98% of attacks. I say shocking... read more »
What Are Core Web Vitals? Here’s What You Actually Need to Know

Is Your Website Slow? Here’s How Core Web Vitals Can Fix It

By: Joe Warnimont • 3/13/2025
When I think of Core Web Vitals, I’m immediately reminded of this time when I discovered one of my websites had been taking over 30 seconds to load a simple contact... read more »
3 in 4 People Say Learning to Code Still Important in the Age of AI

Survey: 3 in 4 Say Learning to Code Still Important in the Age of AI

By: Lynn Cadet • 3/12/2025
For the past two decades, coding has been viewed as a future-proof skill among Americans. The ability to code meant the ability to build the future, and it had the... read more »
What Is the General Data Protection Regulation? How to Maintain GDPR Compliance

GDPR Explained: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know

By: Sead Fadilpasic • 3/6/2025
I fondly remember the great GDPR email apocalypse of 2018. It was May 28 and half of my LinkedIn network was getting bombarded with emails asking for... read more »
Survey: 93% of Americans Support AI Data Center Development — Just Not Near Them

Survey: 93% of Americans Support AI Data Centers -- Just Not Near Them

By: Lynn Cadet • 2/24/2025
Artificial intelligence is at the center of today’s biggest global competition, and the stakes are high. Historically, countries that have developed the best... read more »
What Is Shopping Cart Software? How These Platforms Power eCommerce

From Click to Checkout: How Shopping Cart Software Powers eCommerce

By: Surajdeep Singh • 2/12/2025
Whenever I visit the supermarket with my mom or girlfriend, the first thing I look for is a functional shopping cart. I push the cart back and forth to test the... read more »
Digital Detour: Survey Reveals 77% of American Office Workers Browse “Guilty Pleasure” Websites Before Work

Survey Reveals 77% of American Office Workers Browse “Guilty Pleasure” Websites Before Work

By: Lynn Cadet • 2/5/2025
How do you start your workday? While most employers would love to convince themselves that everyone is getting straight down to work, the reality is most of us grab... read more »
What Is Eco-Friendly Hosting? Top Benefits of Choosing Green Hosting for Your Website

Top Benefits of Choosing Green Hosting for Your Website

By: Joe Warnimont • 1/29/2025
While I was on a road trip, and attempting to work on a website at the same time, my wife asked a prudent question while filling up at the gas station: Does a... read more »
Half of Americans Are Ghosting Their Digital Footprint in End-of-Life Planning

Survey: Only 57% of Americans Address Digital Footprint in After-Life Planning

By: Lynn Cadet • 1/28/2025
End-of-life planning isn’t something you do on a whim. Naturally, most Americans start their end-of-life plan later in life, often not starting until their 50s or... read more »
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