“I’ll SSH in.” That’s the networking equivalent of saying you knowing the passcode to get into the webkinz chat room. You run ssh username@server-ip to remotely access a server’s command line. Instead of physically accessing a machine, you can use it to set up, debug, or maintain a server from anywhere. AWS Lambda is like…

You’ve seen the Portuguese dominate trade, now followed by the British Empire and the French, using steamships to shorten the routes to Asia. Maybe this is the stage upon which you make an entrance. If a trade route connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, that would cut the route in half — Africa is…

This is a very nerdy post, because I’ve been working with a lot of customers who use NetSuite. Some nice things about NetSuite. They support token-based authentication. Think of it like the password needed to enter the doors of Moria (“speak friend and enter) except only one specific friend knows the code and can get…

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…