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Overcoming Gotchas in Samsung Secure Erase

I have a few Samsung SSDs, and I always have trouble remembering the process of secure erasing them, as Samsung Magician software is terrible.

Here are my notes for overcoming Samsung Magician’s gotchas in the process of secure erasing a Samsung SSD.

You need a Windows or MacOS system with a Samsung SSD attached

This requirement drives me crazy, as Samsung Magician is creating a bootable USB disk, so it shouldn’t care what’s on your current system, but it does. And Samsung Magician only exists for Windows, MacOS, and Android, so if you’re on Linux, you can’t use it.

Learning HTML is the best investment I ever did

One of the running jokes and/or discussion I am sick and tired of is people belittling HTML. Yes, HTML is not a programming language. No, HTML should not just be a compilation target. Learning HTML is a solid investment and not hard to do. I am not alone in this, Wired had a piece on […]

Life pro tip: macOS migration can run over thunderbolt

"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens

Is 2025 the Year of the ‘Design Engineer’?

What is a Design Engineer and is it the right name? Let's explore this role and it's contributions to Design Systems.