Hands-on with budget home lab gear
I test affordable gear and tools that help build practical cloud and cybersecurity labs without spending a fortune.
Lab GearTech reviews, security takes, and hands-on gear thoughts.
Welcome to Tech By Rick, a simple home for quick tech reviews, cybersecurity opinions, cloud project notes, and real-world writeups. This is a temporary page for now, but it gives your domain a clean professional look right away.
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Review FocusTech + Security
Planned ContentGear, tools, cloud
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First impressions of security tools
Quick takes on SIEM platforms, endpoint tooling, cloud security services, and whether they feel useful in real environments.
Security ToolsCloud projects worth building
Simple writeups on AWS, Terraform, logging, detection engineering, and portfolio projects that actually help your resume.
Cloud ProjectsWhat you can expect here
A mix of practical content for people who like technology, security, and useful opinions without a bunch of fluff.
Tech Reviews
security software, accessories, productivity tools, and gear that is actually worth your time.
Cybersecurity
Thoughts on detections, cloud security, defensive tooling, and lessons learned from hands-on work.
Career Growth
Projects, certs, and technical experiments that help people level up into engineering roles.
About Tech By Rick
This page is designed to be a clean temporary homepage until you are ready for a bigger review site or blog.
Why this site exists
Tech By Rick is a space for sharing honest tech reviews, practical security perspectives, and project-driven content that helps other people learn by doing.
Contact / socials
Email: ricky.tipler@techbyrick.org
GitHub: https://github.com/rickytip
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ricky-tipler