Acknowledgments

I want to start by thanking my wonderful wife Emily for all of the encouragement while I was writing this book. I love bouncing ideas off of you and value your opinion. I regularly come running to you with crazy, hairbrained ideas, and you’re always patient enough to listen to them!

Writing this book was a truly enjoyable experience, and I would like to say a very special thanks to the awesome Jennifer Stout for all your help. Your cool calmness during the editing process made it a breeze—plus it’s been fun, too! We’re like the Han Solo and Chewbacca of the writing world (I’m Chewie). This is the third book we’ve worked on together, and I hope there will be more to come.

Many of the technical aspects of this book wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Marius Butuc. Thank you, Marius, for your useful insights, technical guidance, and all-around great advice, and it’s been great to see you as excited about this book as I am.

As always, a special thanks to my buddy Robin Osborne. Early morning breakfast and inspiration wouldn’t be the same without you—thanks for the encouragement. Two Huevos al Benny’s, please!