The Exploratorium is an immersive science, technology and art museum in San Francisco, CA. Its website, exploratorium.edu, dates back to the dawn of the internet. Registered in 1992 and launched in 1993, this domain was one of the first sites on the internet, years before Google and Wikipedia made an entrance.
It didn’t take me long to realize I needed to work with a team. After graduating college (as a theatre major) I started working as a freelance web developer. My first clients were theater companies. Without realizing it, I relied on my inside knowledge of their marketing needs to make up for my lack of computer science background. Once my clients diversified, I realized I needed help. I needed teammates.
In a DDoS attack, a website faces a surge in traffic beyond its capacity. Botnets, networks of infected devices controlled remotely by hackers, play a central role by simultaneously generating a massive volume of traffic from various sources. Upon the attacker's command, these botnets flood the target website or server with requests, causing it to crash under the excessive load.
The adoption of agile methodologies, at least within the WordPress and Drupal agency ecosystem, closely follows the Gartner Hype Cycle, a methodology charting the popularity of new tech. Prescriptive systems like Scrum with a capital "S" disrupted a culture that had operated for years on fixed budgets and waterfall Gantt charts.
In the 2024 Drupal for Civic Engagement webinar, Pantheon’s Chief Strategy Officer Josh Koenig and CI&T’s Global Head of Engineering Luis Ribeiro highlighted the challenges faced by the public sector and how Drupal's composable nature provides a solution. Ribeiro presented how Drupal and Pantheon played a pivotal role in addressing the challenges faced by the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee.