Permissions, Scopes & Roles with Monica Lent

Back to all episodes
Today, we’re joined by Monica Lent, founder of Affilimate. She talks to us about why you should always start with an array, the importance of storing data in the right format and database from the beginning, and more.
Chapters
  • (00:23) - What is Affilimate?
  • (01:19) - Diving into Affilimate's tech stack
  • (02:11) - A tall tale about cloud budget overrun
  • (07:25) - User permissions, roles, and scopes
  • (18:50) - Data in theory versus data in production
  • (20:52) - How Affilimate's data model has changed over the years
  • (22:13) - The importance of storing the data in the right format and database

Sponsor
This show is brought to you by Xata, the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL. Develop applications faster, knowing your data layer is ready to evolve and scale with your needs.

About the Hosts
Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class. 

Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.

These days, you’ll find them building web apps live on stream and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.

Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.