Although I started my tinkering journey with a gaming PC housing Windows and Debian in dual-boot, virtual machines and containers have become an indispensable part of my toolkit in recent years.

Most technology only gets attention when it fails or something goes wrong – when systems slow down, data isn’t accessible, or applications time out. In those moments, performance, reliability, and ...

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...