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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.), He sees this as similar to what happened with SMTP, POP, HTTP, etc. application services (security, integration), etc. does make it seem like it's a lot of work. Only guarantee for longevity is if you have options.

Platform 150
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The Web is Against the Ropes, But it’s Not Dead

Both Sides of the Table

The start of the argument is that you need to separate using the Internet into “infrastructure & cloud services&# (basically the protocols of the Internet such as HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, etc. + web storage, elastic computing) from how you consume the Internet as a user (the front end – HTML). non-mobile).

Web 300
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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses.

Course 280