https://irbis.sh/blog/Recent content in Blog on IrbisHugoen-GBMon, 08 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0500https://irbis.sh/blog/announcing-zen-enterprise/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0500https://irbis.sh/blog/announcing-zen-enterprise/<p><em>Note: Zen Enterprise has since been renamed to <a href="https://irbis.sh/rime/" >Rime</a>.</em></p> <div style="display: flex;"> <img src="banner.jpg" style="max-width: 48rem; margin: 0 auto;" /> </div> <p>Today, we&rsquo;re announcing <strong>Zen Enterprise</strong> – a fast, lightweight, and privacy-first way for organizations to protect their teams from ads, trackers, and web-based threats.</p> <p>Zen began as a personal tool to make the internet more humane. Over the past two years, it has grown into a project used by thousands of people across the world. Zen Enterprise builds on that foundation and brings the same reliability and efficiency to teams of every size – now with the enterprise-grade controls needed to counter modern threats.</p>https://irbis.sh/blog/how-ad-business-broke-tech/Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:00:00 +0500https://irbis.sh/blog/how-ad-business-broke-tech/<figure> <img src="regatta.jpg" alt="Regatta in Venedig, Gustav Schönleber (1876). Oil painting of a crowded Venetian regatta. Dozens of sailboats and gondolas fill the canal, their bright white and red sails catching the light. People cluster on the boats and along the water, creating a lively, bustling scene beneath a blue sky."> <figcaption> Regatta in Venedig, Gustav Schönleber (1876) </figcaption> </figure> <p>Techno-optimism is dead.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m somewhat young, but I remember the promises made by the early 2010s era of TED talks and glossy keynotes, preaching that technology and innovation would bring prosperity across the globe. I remember genuine excitement for progress, logging into old forums and early social media, unboxing a new phone, getting a new app. Not so long ago, we were all promised a better future – one driven by information and deeper connection.</p>