Writer
David Chen
Hardware Lab Director
David runs the hardware side of this site's testing out of a room that used to be a spare bedroom and now holds more benchmarking gear than furniture. He's spent years building and breaking machines for a living, and judges a product by how it holds up after the honeymoon period, not the unboxing. Ask him about thermal paste at your own risk.
Articles by David Chen
AWeber vs Mailchimp: which one is worth your money?
Mailchimp became a full marketing cloud with a price tag to match. AWeber stayed narrower and easier to deal with — here's how they compare.
8 min read
Google Forms is free — so why are businesses paying $39 a month for Jotform?
A clear-eyed look at the exact tipping point where free Google Forms breaks down and dedicated workflow software becomes necessary.
7 min read
MacBook Pro M4 or a Linux desktop: which machine for heavy builds?
Two very different developer setups side by side — what each is like to work on, what they cost to run, and who should buy which.
6 min read