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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


APIs Aren't Just For Devs Pt. 11 - Putting it all Together!
Ok - I'm here to loudly proclaim that my entire "APIs Aren't Just for Devs" series is drawing to a close. I'm hopeful you've found these...

Shannon
Apr 7, 20249 min read
APIs Aren't Just For Devs Pt. 7 - HTTP Responses
Ok here I am on my 7th post, trying to help you make sense of APIs. A lot of us managed to become a whole lot more technical and develop...

Shannon
Aug 2, 20233 min read
APIs Aren't Just For Devs Pt. 6 - HTTP Requests
Ok so...my demystifying APIs for traditional infrastructure personnel blog series is snowballing into more posts. Gah! Hopefully you're...

Shannon
Jul 31, 20233 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. 2 - What Makes REST APIs So Great?
I promise this won't be an "elevator pitch" or a "sales pitch" about why REST APIs are great, as you probably know they're great because...

Shannon
Jul 21, 20234 min read
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