Let’s say a customer gives you a seat to their ERP. Finding the fields that you can push and pull to, and what those mean, has begun! The hunt continues!

Good news: the app you built has a lot of users. From 100 to 100,000. The one server you built on is beginning to crack. You have two options: • Scale vertically by upgrading your server • Scale horizontally by buying more of the same servers Each has trade-offs. Horizontal scaling means after you’ve added…

A few nerds across university campuses trying to send messages to each other from a glass screen and a keyboard. No telegraph, no telephone. Just a screen with bits, those pesky 0 and 1. From UCLA to Stanford the first message is sent. And 24 years later you have the first web browser, Mosaic. A…

You’re invited to a tea party. I’ll tell you where it is. First, the IP address of the party. Fun fact: every device that accesses the internet, including the one you’re reading this on, has an IP address. That address is assigned by the network, not the device, so it changes! Second, knowing the address…

Acknowledging the reality, it is what it is. And because of that, the mind is at peace.