Let’s talk about ancient overachievers — the folks who looked at stone, clay, or sand and said, “Yeah, I can work with this.” Episode 13 takes us back — way back — to the genius of civilizations who didn’t wait around for the Renaissance to start creating beauty, order, and mind-bending feats of engineering. First stop: Egypt. Yes, the land of … Read more
Ah, the Bronze Age — when humans collectively decided that rocks were fine, but metal was way cooler. Somewhere between the invention of the wheel and the invention of complaining about traffic, civilization hit a creative growth spurt. Cities, scripts, and shiny weapons all sprang to life like a historical season of Shark Tank. So let’s clank … Read more
Before there were likes, follows, or blue checkmarks, there were handprints on cave walls, flutes made from bones, and statues with more curves than a mountain road. Welcome to the Paleolithic party, where survival was the full-time job and creativity was the side hustle that accidentally birthed civilization. Let’s meet the trailblazing creators who worked … Read more
So you want your own GPT. Not just the one everyone else is using. Yours. Tailored. Branded. Possibly with a British accent. Let’s talk about what this actually means — without the jargon, the hype, or the accidental API bill that rivals your rent. What Is a Custom GPT? A custom GPT is your own personalized version of … Read more
If you’ve ever logged into a website using your Google, Facebook, or Apple account, congrats — you’ve tangoed with OIDC and lived to tell the tale. OpenID Connect (OIDC) is like the VIP pass for modern authentication. It lets users prove who they are without inventing a new password every five minutes or remembering that one account … Read more
Imagine Laravel’s queue system as a wild pack of messages trying to get processed — some urgent, some lazy, some who just hang out hoping someone eventually notices them. Now imagine you’re the stressed-out manager trying to keep it all moving without pulling your hair out. That’s where Laravel Horizon rides in like a well-dressed cowboy with … Read more
Ah, Agile. The rebellious teenager of software development methodologies. Born in 2001, forged in a snow-covered ski lodge in Utah (because nothing screams “software revolution” like après-ski philosophy), Agile emerged as a manifesto with just 68 words, 4 values, and 12 principles. It was concise, defiant, and possibly scribbled on the back of a snowboard … Read more
Once upon a time — before Agile sprints, kanban boards, or the phrase “move fast and break things” — there was Waterfall. The software development world’s first official method. It was neat. It was structured. It was… a little too confident. Let’s dive into the method that walked so others could run in circles. What is the Waterfall Model? … Read more
Welcome to the 21st century — a place where your toaster might talk back, your meme might start a movement, and your roommate might be a chatbot named Kevin who won’t do the dishes. In this episode, we explore the minds that transformed collaboration from something done in boardrooms to something done in pajamas, across time zones, … Read more
If the 1800s gave us wires and steam, the late 1900s handed us code and imagination — and a whole lot of beige plastic. This was the era when art, invention, and geekery finally stopped pretending to be separate things. Suddenly, the world’s most powerful tools didn’t look like chisels or paintbrushes — they looked like keyboards, circuit boards, … Read more