I’m James, an independent software engineer and web developer. I use this site for the useful parts of the work: builds, experiments, technical notes, product tests, photography, business, mistakes worth remembering, and whatever else earns a proper write-up.
The drive told the computer it had 1.01TB. ValiDrive continuously validated 139GB. I documented the test, the discrepancy and why fake-capacity storage can put real data at risk.
Read the investigationI tested an EATOP flash drive sold as 1TB. It reported 1.01TB to the computer, but ValiDrive validated only 139GB of continuously valid storage.
I wanted a site I could understand end to end: fast pages, clean HTML, no database dependency, and a publishing workflow that stays out of the way.
Animation, JavaScript and visual polish can improve a site. They should never be the only reason the site works.
The quality of software usually shows up in the moments nobody puts on the feature list: sensible defaults, predictable behavior and fewer needless interruptions.