About Degus International

Degus International is an independent online magazine about the practical side of working life: the technology on your desk, the numbers behind a small business, the basics of saving and investing, property decisions and the logistics of travelling for work. We write for people who want to understand a subject well enough to make their own call, not for people who want to be told what to buy.

What you will find here

Our archive mixes longer explainers with shorter, focused guides. Some pieces answer a single question, such as how to read a balance sheet or what cloud computing actually is. Others look at a market or a tool from several angles, from internet television and streaming security to mortgages, lending and the growing reach of AI software. A fuller list of subjects lives on our topics page.

The people writing it

We are a small group who prefer to write under pen names. None of us claims a professional title, licence or regulated qualification, and you should not read our articles as if we did. What we bring is curiosity, patience with documentation and a habit of asking the next question.

• Wrenna Holt edits the magazine and covers business finance and the paperwork small firms tend to postpone.
• Evander Strand writes about hardware, software, online security and the streaming technology that fills a large part of our archive.
• Thaddeo Brink handles saving and investing basics, lending and property, always with a reminder about where general information stops.
• Maelis Pike looks after work travel and relocation topics and reads every draft one last time for clarity.

How we keep things honest

We do not rank providers, and a company named in a piece is something to check rather than a recommendation. When a piece touches money, health of a business or legal questions, it stays general and says so. Where rules depend on the country or the contract, we point that out rather than pretend one answer fits everyone. The reasoning behind these choices is set out on The Thinking Behind It, and our working rules are written down in the editorial code.

Older articles

The magazine has been publishing for a number of years, and some early posts describe products or conditions as they stood at the time. We revisit the most-read pieces and refresh them when something important changes. If you spot an article that has aged badly, the corrections page explains how to tell us.

What we do not do

We do not give personal recommendations about investments, loans, insurance or tax. We do not collect reader data for advertising, and the site runs without analytics or tracking scripts. We do not invent figures, quotes or expert opinions to make a story sound more authoritative. If we cannot support a claim from public information, it does not go in.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections and topic suggestions are welcome. The quickest route is our contact page, where you will find the editorial email address and a few tips that help us answer quickly.