About

My name is Tiago Silva, I'm from Portugal, and I love technology :)

Tiago Silva posing for a picture on a lush green landscape.
Me enjoying some time out in nature :)

I built my first website in 2018 as a challenge for a job interview. In the end, I didn't get the job, but that was the start of my journey building websites.

WordPress was the first platform I used.

It was hard to make the site look good, be fast, and still have enough time to write the articles with my limited knowledge and budget.

So, it was no surprise that I quit after 4 months because I was not enjoying maintaining the blog with all the technical difficulties I faced.

After some time, I gave WordPress another try, and the results were the same. I enjoyed having a website, but it was too much trouble to set up and make it look pretty.

Surely, there was a better way to have a blog...

The Expression Bytes history

So, I started my journey of trying other tools and looking for an answer.

This search felt like playing a game as I tested new platforms and made lots of notes about them to help me decide which one was the best for my needs.

Do you see where this is going?

That is why I started this website.

Here, I can share my knowledge and opinions to help creators like me find the best technology for their needs.

I bought the domain for The Stack Junction in January 2021 but only published my first post in June after spending some time frustrated with WordPress.

I'm super interested in technology to build websites, and I love to test them. And since I saw lots of people confused about how to build websites, I decided it was time to help them.

That's why this website represents a win-win-win scenario. I help you with good guides while I write about something I love and possibly make money with it.

After all, learning to build websites took me a lot of time and money to learn, so I want you to avoid the same mistakes.

In the Summer of 2024, I rebranded from The Stack Junction into Expression Bytes as a way to better describe what I want to do with this site moving forward.

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