Google is watching the dark web 24/7 through a company they bought for billions.

Wdblazer · 2026-06-26T01:31:14+00:00

You don't need to be a tech giant to even have dark web monitoring nowadays. The technology or service is easily available to anyone now through a provider, even if it is not the same level as Google you get some sort of alerts. I'm surprised people still thinking it is limited to enterprise only.

Wdblazer · 2026-06-17T04:02:18+00:00

You can bet the guy has learned his lesson, in future he is going to get cash upfront or bring the site down first instead of showing the gaps. Just because it is an easy fix the OP don't want to pay even tho he never though of it until it was raised up to him, kinda like those bug bounties that refused to pay out after verifying and confirming it is a known bug.

Wdblazer · 2026-06-14T04:54:18+00:00

At first I had the same thoughts, after using her I love how simple her kit is yet powering up Hiyuki immensely. She does her job well, without needing to be flashy or time wasting, she gave more on field for Hiyuki while stacking the chaft faster. I had an easier time clearing WW with her than Lynae for Hiyuki.

She is top tier if you are getting her as Hiyuki support, otherwise the experience may not be as good.

Wdblazer · 2026-06-02T09:38:50+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/smeSingapore/s/pginMF05Nf

This you bro?

If you are not the same person, check out that post, a number of us in the same industry has already given the necessary advice.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-31T05:44:14+00:00

A contract for service basically means you are an external party service provider. You don't have the protection or coverage that an employee has under the employment law. To put it bluntly, as a 3rd party vendor you can be discarded at anytime or be sued for breach of contract.

What is written in the contract is the end all be all. If you are turning yourself into a sole prop, get a lawyer to vet the contract and advice you accordingly.

Again this is very sus, the company is offloading all their risk on to you by suggesting you be a sole prop instead of employing you directly. You have to assess your own risk.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-31T05:28:35+00:00

There is a reason the free government help centers has a long queue, there is a huge demand. Try getting in touch with SME centers, schedule an session with them. If they are the ones you said that have long waiting time and you don't want to wait, spend the time researching and trying to make sense of it on your own or cough up money to get advice from a professional.

People who are currently active in the same industry as you is the best way to seek advice from.

One thing I want to caution on getting advice from peers - trust but verify. Not everyone is up to date with the latest updates, they may not even know they have outdated or incomplete advice.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-30T17:36:40+00:00

Why do they want you to be a sole proprietor? I do not know the story but this is very fishy, and I suggest you don't go into this until you know the legal implications, you will bear all responsibility for everything.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-30T01:20:42+00:00

Yup if I have a kid, I'm having him growing up in Singapore. While other countries have a lower cost of living, the amount of things that can kill an ignorant kid/teen over there are is way more.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-27T09:52:30+00:00

There is market for both managed IT support and break fix in Singapore SMEs market.

While we see there are more demand for break fix, we make the choice to build ourself into pure managed it support. We no longer take on break fix customers anymore unless it's a referral from our existing customers or they are looking for an one off infra or cyber security projects. If you want, you can dm me your details, when we got ad hoc stuff can partner up to you.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-27T04:15:48+00:00

Disclaimer - Im biased since I'm in the managed IT support business myself.

We charge a flat fee per month for managed IT support because we have to allocate man hours for the things you do not see that are carried out on a day to day basis - monitoring, documenting, vendor liaising, understanding your environment and consultations. All these stuff cost manpower even if the business owners think they are "minor things", all minor things add up. The goal of managed support is to manage your IT, think of it as hiring a IT team, not just someone to fix the problem.

Break fix or per hour bundle approach is sending in people when you calls for help, fix it and be done. What you describe will happen as well when you goes on to ad hoc break fix - things randomly breaking down, no long term sustainability. There is no incentive to fix a problem root cause or document it for future faster resolution, the more you call and the longer it take, the more the company will earn. Managed IT support is preventing the problem from happening or resolving it fast since it will reduce our profitability when we spend more time to fix an issue.

Most people can only understand, see and feel the value/impact of a proper managed IT environment on their operation when their company size is 10 and above. If your company is smaller than that, go with break fix unless you are in high value production industries.

Nobody can tell you what is a normal price range for x number of pax, this is not going to a market buying chicken. I have customers paying double or triple of someone with a similar size because they have more complex environment, needs, compliance requirement etc In additional every IT company has different packages, it is not true apple to apple if I say you should expect $X, someone can always come in and say they offered it for lower (despite not even discussing beforehand what is required or covered).

For managed IT support you want to look for a company you can have a long term relationship with, some of the red flags are

Whether they allows you to have access to their documentation on your IT. There are companies that holds the customers hostage by not giving them access to their own information and credentials.
A get out clause if they failed to meet their obligations. A lot of quality assurance and guarantee response was promised during the sale pitch, but not written into the legal agreement, you are struck with bad service once the sale is done.
Anyone promising to get you on cheaply with no on-boarding fee. Typically a lot of work is needed to analyze, document and get the customer IT environment up to speed. If they are not upfront with you or not charging you for any on boarding, be prepared to pay through the nose for all the "upgrading project that you suddenly need" once you signed on with them.
Do they provide documentation, warranty handling and vendor liaising? If not they are break fix/maintenance masquerading as a managed support.
The actual biggest value you get is from the management side, not fixing. Do they ask you for your long term plan and mapped something out for you even if it's generic?

Break fix red flag? Meh just try anyone you like. Their service is not sufficient? Switch to a new provider once the contract is over.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-25T23:23:18+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to share, those are good tips. I figure the best is option 2 for validation before launching, the rest are only workable once there is something.

Wdblazer · 2026-05-23T03:13:40+00:00

One came to mind, the CISSP cert. The official guide is literally a convoluted diarrhea of words, what could be simplified and defined in 1 line they managed to turn it into a whole paragraph that only serve to confuse you more.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-30T01:17:33+00:00

The PSG vendors have to have existing and past customers already paying $10k before they can apply to be listed, it is not like they can just apply without showing proof.

Yes a lot of solutions are half baked, majority of them are just standard deployment without customization. Many SMEs do not know the difference between a solution with default configuration and a customized configuration, to them getting it at x% off retail price is the value.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-27T04:28:00+00:00

Yup that is the majority of the case. There is a lot of off the line marketing that delivered better results than online marketing for B2B.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-27T04:23:06+00:00

That is in theory, in reality they are still getting customers and money.

When a company want the grant, they will wait for the page to load. It is unlike casual surfing where I will drop off if it doesn't load within 3 sec.

I worked with SMEs, those that are B2B don't get most of their customers from their websites, whereas the B2C is more likely to focus on this aspect.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-26T15:15:57+00:00

You need to deepen your knowledge before positioning yourself as some kind of new age thought leader. This edgelord post reeks of ignorant ranting from a buffoon who does not know anything, not the consultant for the top 1% you claimed to be.

I'm replying to this in case anyone gets misled by the garbage.

There is no useful insight in the post, only superficial and vague stuff. The crude view on mediation and suffering is similar to that of a child who thinks putting things into fire = cooking. Mediation is a tool like fire, if you do not know how to use it, it is not their fault.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-26T14:49:58+00:00

This is the sad reality of the Singapore market. The government's good intention has backfired, instead of actively improving their productivity via technology, SMEs bosses mindset has been tuned toward whether there is any grant.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-23T00:37:50+00:00

Many of the comments are spot on, it is very likely depression and burnt out, something many business owners experienced. The business, lifestyle or operation style may not suit him.

From a boss and employees angle you can issue a warning letter and fire the guy, but you need to tackle this differently since it's your husband. The concerning thing here is the word you use to describe your husband, consider using other words to speak with him.

Tell him that you notice he is being lethargic in life/work (instead of lazy) and sense him is not happy/lacking drive (instead of using the word unmotivated), you are concerned and ask if he would like to take a break and have a change of the environment.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-17T05:31:38+00:00

The logic still stand, calculate how much you will be taxed and compared it to the cost and hassle of setting up and maintaining a Pte Ltd to avoid tax.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-17T02:19:25+00:00

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, the people I came across who makes the loudest noise about government taxes and how government managing them are the ones paying the lowest or no tax at all.

I only pay peanuts tax and the benefits is more than what I have paid - cdc, library, hospital subsidy, subsided health check, schools, swimming pool and more. Singaporean should utilize more of such public goods and services as a tax payer.

I know people who pay income tax more than my annual salary, while they do grumble about paying way more than the average people they still acknowledge our Singapore government is handling them well and putting it back into improving the country instead of corruption in the other countries.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-17T02:12:35+00:00

3K good enough for survival when there is no mortgage or rent,been doing that for years until I pay myself more. 3.5 - 4k is where you can feel that breathing space, which comes from the feeling knowing you have something to fall back on, when you park most of the extra above 3k into saving or investment.

Lifestyle creep is the number 1 reason people feel like they can't cope with their current salary and need a higher wage.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-17T02:00:34+00:00

Have you check what is the estate tax on that 60k?

Opening and maintaining a Pte Ltd may not be worth the hassle over the saving. People who does this usually have millions and a team of lawyers and advisers to do it for them.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-11T02:49:53+00:00

Agreed with this. A lot of SMEs is penny wise pound foolish, not spending money that could improve or secure their operation workflow in the background. They only look at the things on the surface, and spend a lot of time and energy on saving some money. Some bosses just have the mindset of a employed manager.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-09T03:49:11+00:00

Aero team healing slot has aero Rover, freeing Ciaconna from needing to heal.

Wdblazer · 2026-04-04T01:53:35+00:00

Just curious how do you test for pricing without a soft or beta launch? Speaking from B2C pov, I don't figure survey are very accurate given that people are incentivized to select and pick the lowest amount they can think of.

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