How a Courier Knows Where to Run
I cheated in the last post — I said 'the Sea of Couriers' and waved my hand. This is what was inside the wave: an internet held together by a billion strangers each admitting they don't know.
15 minute read
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Networking
The Art of Buying a Toaster
Someone clicks Buy on a shop website. Half a continent away, in a small office building, two roommates argue briefly and then ship a toaster. This is a story about what actually happened.
18 minute read
What a Switch Actually Does
I tried to set up Portainer behind a Cloudflare tunnel. The thing that broke wasn't the tool — it was every shortcut I'd taken to avoid actually learning how networking works.
18 minute read
Inside Data Center Networks: How Big Tech Handles Massive Traffic
A simple guide to understanding how companies like Google and Amazon manage millions of requests in their data centers
4 minute read