acknowledgments

First, I would like to thank you, dear reader. I created this book for you, and I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to reach out to share any insights you may have.

I would like to thank my students and followers for all of your watching, reading, listening, sharing, and doing the work; I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for you. Thank you for letting me be a voice in this group of outstanding people.

I would like to thank Akamai for their support in my educational and technological pursuits. Akamai has been a great partner in my mission to help others build software and release it to the world.

I would like to thank Timothy Ryan for his support in making this book possible and for being an ear for my long-winded discussions about all things technology. I would also like to thank Andrew, Justin, Jamie, Hillary, Kerterika, Maddie, Talia, and other members of the Akamai Connected Cloud team for your help on this and many other projects. While this list is not exhaustive, I do appreciate you and what you have done over the time we have worked together.

Last, I would like to thank Andy, Ian, and Connor at Manning for helping bring this project to life.