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HTTP Confused Me for a Long Time...Here’s What Finally Helped!
For a long time, HTTP felt like background noise to me. Websites loaded, APIs responded, dashboards refreshed, and everything mostly worked. Whenever HTTP came up, I subconsciously filed it under “developer skills” and moved on. But the more I worked in cloud architecture, security, performance troubleshooting, and cost conversations, the more I realized I was making decisions that depended heavily on HTTP behavior without really understanding it. So I finally slowed down and

Shannon
Jan 134 min read


Building the Right Platform Engineering Team
Platform engineering isn’t just about standing up Kubernetes clusters or pushing Terraform templates. It’s about creating a team that...

Shannon
Aug 29, 20252 min read


Why Platform Engineering Is the DevOps You Actually Wanted!
I think we can all agree, DevOps has been the north star for engineering teams trying to ship software faster, safer, and more reliably...

Shannon
May 31, 20254 min read
APIs Aren't Just For Devs Pt. 5 - HTTP Response Codes
I know in my last post; I mentioned I would take you through real life examples of using public APIs using Postman. It dawned upon me as...

Shannon
Jul 26, 20232 min read
APIs Aren't Just For Devs Pt. 4 - HTTP Methods
This is my 50th blog post! I keep saying I need to blog more and am going to make a conscious effort to continue down this path! Happy 50...

Shannon
Jul 25, 20233 min read


APIs Aren't Just For Devs Pt. 1 - API Definition
I think we can all agree that our technical world has changed. Traditional system administrators and engineers used to "rack 'n' stack"...

Shannon
Feb 11, 20234 min read
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