Business Rules Must Be Enforced by the API
An important concept to keep in mind when designing web applications is that business rules must be enforced on the backend, by the API. In this article, I will demonstrate why this is
Engineering
Proxying HTTP Requests in Node
Apple officially prevents http requests in iOS apps since January 2017 through the App Transport Security (ATS) protocol. Although ATS has been around for a little while now, it was still possible to
How Facebook Live Scales
I was recently watching Facebook's F8 conference - which was streamed on Facebook Live - and it got me curious as to how Facebook Live scales so seamlessly to millions of people around
Forwarding Messages from Twilio
In order to better help our users at Frontdoor, I implemented message forwarding from our Twilio phone number to my cellphone. This allows me to quickly jump on questions from users or landlords
Contributing to Open Source Software
I've wanted to contribute to Open Source Software (OSS) for a while now but always had excuses. What if they don't like my changes? How can I get started if I don't know