About

Tech, Explained is a small, independent collection of plain-English guides to how everyday technology works. Each article picks one common topic — the domain name system, encrypted web connections, backups, email delivery — and explains it from first principles, without assuming any technical knowledge.

What it is

• Educational explainers written in plain language.
• No accounts, no advertising, and no tracking.
• A quiet reference site rather than a news feed — pages are revisited and refined over time.

How it is built

The site is a set of static pages. There is no database and no interactive service behind it; the pages you read are the whole thing. That keeps it fast, simple, and easy to keep accurate.

Who it is for

Anyone who has ever wondered what a padlock in the address bar really means, why a website "can't be found," or where an email actually goes. If that is you, you are in the right place.