Let’s be real. Most people don’t think of tech books and go “Oooh, thrilling!” They think of thick manuals, pixelated diagrams, and some guy named John explaining binary. I used to think that too. UNTIL, I stumbled across a book that didn’t just talk about tech, it made me feel like I could build the next big thing. That was the plot twist.

📚When The Tech Books Don’t Suck

Not all tech books are created equal. Some are dry enough to turn your brain into dust. But then you’ve got the ones that explain code like they’re texting you, not lecturing you. That’s what ‘EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CODING IN ONE BIG FAT NOTEBOOK’ does.

And it’s not just notes, it’s vibes.

Diagrams that actually make sense, examples that don’t make you cry, and little jokes that make even binary feel kinda chill. It doesn’t talk down to you, it talks to you , like you’re the smart bestie who’s already passed their test and is now spilling all the answers in colourful doodles, and funny, relatable analogies.

Reading it made me think, “Wait… I can actually do this.” And suddenly coding wasn’t some scary mountain, it was more like a messy puzzle that I wanted to solve. With snacks. And memes.

💻 I Didn’t Choose the Tech Life…

Okay, I kind of did. But not in the “I love maths so I became a programmer” kind of way, or “I just KNOW I can sit for hours on end and study all this content to learn every single programming language”. I have ADHD, I game too much (Genshin grind never ends).

I realised I was a very logical person and my brain really likes easy, broken down things. I’m not your traditional techie. But when I started reading engaging, funny things, I realised that being different wasn’t a bug, it was an upgrade.

My mother always said ‘The most clueless students *AHEM* (me) are the best explainers’. I soon realised how true this is, as someone who takes longer to understand complex things, I know how to explain to someone else, in the easiest manner.

🧠 Tech IRL: More Than Just Clicking Stuff (no not Cookie Clicker)

Tech is basically the backstage crew of life.

It’s running the show whether we notice it or not, from streaming your playlists to tracking your steps to auto-correct saving you from sending “duck” for the hundredth time (I see you) — it’s everywhere.

For me, it’s more than screens and scrolls. It’s the spontaneous bursts of creativity (It’s like trying to hold back a Cursed Technique with bare hands- sometimes, creativity just erupts), and the rush of making something work. It’s how I went from messing around on school computers to realising, “Hold up, I think I get it”. (Like when I switch to Ultra graphics and suddenly- crackling. 20 FPS ahh).

When you start reading about tech, you stop just using apps, you start questioning them, like:

• Why doesn’t this app work for everyone?
• Why is AI making weird, biased choices?
• And most importantly, why can’t I make something even better?

👾 Tech + Books = Low-Key Genius Mode

People say it’s Books VS Screens. But you want to know the real power move?

Using both, yes baby.

Books train your brain to think deeper, whilst tech lets you take those thoughts and actually do something with them.

In a world that moves fast and judges faster, you need both to survive and thrive, especially if you’re a cultured maiden (like myself), you may feel like tech is not proper for you. Spoiler: It absolutely is.

✨ Final Boss Level: The Future The world’s being written in code.

If you can’t read it, you’ll get left behind. Reading about tech gives you the cheat codes, and you don’t need a degree, just curiosity and a library card (or beautiful, sweet Wi-Fi).

So next time someone asks, “Why do you read about tech?”

Tell them:

“Erm…akshually-

*ahem.*

It’s because I plan to break the internet, and rebuild it better.”

Ok, peace.