Kieran Vance
Seattle, WA
Former hardware QA engineer turned tech skeptic. Kieran tears down expensive gadgets to expose engineering shortcuts and marketing lies, arming readers with honest verdicts backed by stress tests and spreadsheets instead of hype.
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