Thrilled to announce @amykulyak, @danieljcafonso, @jemimaabu, @jolodevguru, @kenny_io, @KerenKenzi, @noamhonig, @mkrl__, and @resource11 as our winning speakers for the #ConfrontJS #CFP! 🎉 Listed alphabetically. Not mentioned are now part of our esteemed reserve list 🚦

ConTejas Code S1 E3 How do computers actually work? From electrons to the web. Subscribe & Listen - Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4WK… - Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… - YouTube: youtu.be/G-Js3CcD000 🙌🏾 Please share/rate if it helped you. Chapters 04:55 - Electrons 09:21 - Electricity 12:36 - How Datacenters use Electricity 15:45 - The Next Layer: Hardware 19:07 - The Next Layer: Firmware 21:46 - The Next Layer: The OS Kernel 24:21 - Diving Deeper: Motherboard 27:59 - The OS Kernel 29:43 - CPU, Threading, Multithreading, Hyperthreading, Clock Speed 36:53 - Memory/RAM, Volatile Memory, Virtual Memory 39:43 - Storage, Hard Drives, Solid State Drives 41:33 - TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 42:59 - The Next Layer: Software 43:46 - Software Architecture 47:08 - Frontend Deep Dive: HTML, HTMX, CSS, TailwindCSS, JavaScript, Accessibility, and Network 59:53 - What happens when data fetching: TCP/IP stack, HTTP and SSL encryption, how data flows over the network and internet 01:12:05 - Receiving a Network Request on the Backend, DNS, Firewalls, Load Balancing, SSL Termination, Reverse Proxies 01:20:38 - Backend Architecture: Caches, Queues, Distributed Systems, Control Plane vs. Data Plane 01:25:44 - Cloud Computing: Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), Subnets, NATs 01:28:30 - Adjusting Expectations for Frontend and Backend 01:29:34 - CI/CD Pipelines, Webhooks, git-based deploys 01:30:21 - Build it or buy it? 01:31:18 - Conclusion