PeopleAreGeek is a focused independent site of free online tools and long-form technical articles for developers, system administrators and security engineers. We started the project in early 2026 with one rule: every page must be either a tool that does its job in under 30 seconds or an article that you can act on without reading a vendor pitch first. Three months and 107 published pages later, we are still applying that rule.
Why this site exists
The web is saturated with two kinds of dev/security resources. The first is tutorial spam: shallow articles SEO-optimised for traffic but unwilling to give a real answer because the author needs you to scroll past three ads to reach the conclusion. The second is vendor content marketing: technically correct but framed to push a paid product. PeopleAreGeek aims to be the missing third option — direct, opinionated, ad-light, vendor-neutral, with concrete commands you can copy-paste and outcomes you can verify in the same browser tab.
The tool side carries the same spirit. Every tool runs in the browser, returns its result in seconds, requires no signup, and links to the relevant article when the topic deserves longer context. The few backend probes (DNS, headers, TLS handshake) live in a single custom WordPress plugin written specifically for the Site; the source is straightforward and the data flow is documented in our Privacy Policy.
Focus areas
What we publish
Two formats. Tools are interactive utilities: paste an input, see a result. They aim to be the fastest path to an answer for a single well-defined question. Articles are practical guides: how to do something, when to use one approach over another, what the trade-offs look like. We avoid recap-of-the-docs filler. We avoid “what is X” articles that exist only to rank for the term. If we publish something on a topic, it is because we have a specific opinion on how to do it well in 2026 and an argument for that opinion.
Who is behind it
The Site is run by a single founder, Stéphane, based in Cenon near Bordeaux, France. Day-job background: cybersecurity engineering and systems administration. The articles and tools reflect lived experience hardening production WordPress sites, debugging Linux servers, evaluating LLM stacks, and explaining technical findings to non-technical stakeholders. When a piece is co-authored with a domain specialist for accuracy, the contribution is acknowledged in the article.
How the Site is funded
The Site is a side project, financed by the founder. The only direct revenue stream at the time of writing is the optional €49 manual security audit available through the Cyber Audit Suite. The free tools and articles are not gated and never will be — that is the contract. We may add display advertising in the future to cover hosting and maintenance; if and when that happens, it will be announced on the homepage, declared in the Privacy Policy, and an EU-compliant consent flow will be put in place before the first ad loads.
Editorial principles
- No paid placement. A vendor tool or service is recommended only when it actually fits the use case; we do not accept payment for inclusion in any article.
- Updates are dated. Every article ships with a “Last updated” date and is reviewed at least every six months. Material updates after major releases (new Node.js LTS, new WordPress version, new LLM flagship) are added in-line with a brief note.
- Corrections are visible. If we get something wrong and a reader catches it, we fix the article and add a correction note at the bottom. We do not silently rewrite history.
- No clickbait titles. A guide titled “10 reasons your site is slow” should say what those reasons are in the first paragraph, not bury them. Titles are descriptive; conclusions are early; details are below.
Have a topic you would like covered?
Suggestions, corrections, and “you got this wrong” emails are all welcome. Send them to contact@peoplearegeek.com and they will land in the same inbox the founder reads daily.
Site stats
At the time of writing this page, the Site has:
- 107 published pages, split roughly between online tools and long-form articles.
- Six focus categories: developer utilities, web performance, cybersecurity, SEO, network/sysadmin, AI tooling.
- One custom WordPress plugin (open-source on the engineering roadmap) providing the backend probe endpoints used by network and security tools.
- Zero analytics tracking. No Google Analytics, no Facebook Pixel, no behaviour tracking. See the Cookie Policy for the exact list of what is stored in your browser.
Roadmap
The publishing cadence is two to four pages per week (mix of new tools and articles). Priority areas for the next quarter: deeper case studies on hardening real-world WordPress installs, a series of LLM-evaluation walkthroughs as new models ship, and continued internationalisation of the tool UIs. The roadmap is partially driven by an internal AI proposal pipeline that suggests topics based on observed gaps; suggestions from readers consistently jump the queue when the topic is concrete and useful.
