📝 9618/12 Paper 1 – Von Neumann, Number Systems & AI | June 2025
❓ Question 1 – Von Neumann Architecture & Interrupts…
Techie Mike
Computer Science teacher in Thailand. 10+ years Cambridge IGCSE, 4 years AS/A Level. BSc Computer Science & Engineering. Ex-Intel, Virgin Media. Practical exam prep, past paper walkthroughs and tech tutorials.
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📝 0417/11 Paper 1 – Output Devices, Applications Software & Smartphones | June 2025
Preparing for your IGCSE ICT exams? In this post, we’ll walk through the first three questions from the June 2025 Paper 1 (0417/11).…
My $45 Replit Agent Experience — Promise & Costly Bugs
I walked into the Replit Agent experience expecting a capable AI coding partner. I walked out $45 poorer — and that was just the beginning.…
Welcome to Techie Mike's CS YouTube Channel
# Welcome to Techie Mike's Computer Science YouTube Channel — Let's Learn to Code Together If you've found your way here from my YouTube channel — or you're thinking about subscribing and want to know what this is all about — welcome. I'm Mike, an ICT and Computer Science educator, and I'm passiona…
Unity 6 Editor 2026 — New Features & What Still Needs Work
# Unity 6 Editor in 2026 — New Features, Real Improvements, and What Still Needs Work Unity 6 launched in late 2024 as one of the biggest updates to Unity's editor in years. Now that it's been out for a while and has gone through several patches, I want to share what's actually useful in daily deve…
Cursor AI vs VS Code in 2026 — Honest Comparison
# Cursor AI vs VS Code in 2026 — An Honest Developer's Comparison I've been a VS Code user since it first launched. I've written thousands of lines of code in it, taught students using it, and watched the extension ecosystem grow into something incredible. But over the past year, I've found myself…
How I Built a Unity C# Space Shooter — Summer Project
# How I Built a Space Shooter Game in Unity with C# — A Summer Project Over my summer break, I decided to dust off my programming skills and build something fun. I'd been teaching ICT and Computer Science for a while, but hadn't written a line of game code in years. So I picked up Unity and C# to b…
Python Dev Environment on VirtualBox with Ubuntu 2026
# Setting Up a Python Development Environment on VirtualBox with Ubuntu (2026 Edition) I've been using VirtualBox for development environments for years. The beauty of it is isolation — your host machine stays clean, you can blow away the VM when a project ends, and you get a true Linux environment…
VirtualBox Missing Dependencies — Windows & Linux Fix
# Troubleshooting VirtualBox Missing Dependencies — Windows and Linux VirtualBox is one of the most reliable free virtualization tools out there, but it throws some cryptic errors. The most common one I've hit — and the one that sends the most people to forums — is the "Missing Dependencies" error.…
Unlocking Internal Drives After Windows 11 — BitLocker Fix
# Unlocking Internal Drives After Windows 11 Installation — BitLocker Fix You just installed Windows 11, everything feels fresh and fast, and then you open File Explorer only to see lock icons on your secondary drives. If you've been through this, you know the panic — all your data is right there b…
Install Radarr, Jackett, QBitTorrent & Plex on Ubuntu
# Installing Radarr, Jackett, QBitTorrent, and Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Setting up a home media server is one of the most satisfying projects you can do with an old PC or a cheap VPS. The combination of Radarr, Jackett, qBittorrent, and Plex gives you fully automated media management — from find…
Metasploitable2 on VirtualBox — Your Vulnerable Lab
# Install Metasploitable2 on VirtualBox: Your Vulnerable Lab Target If you're learning penetration testing, you need a target. You can't practice hacking tools on live networks or production systems — that's illegal and unethical. What you need is a deliberately vulnerable virtual machine designed…