The Era of Automation and the Lone Orchestrator Has Begun
How to run websites, for mortals who value their time and sanity
Let me tell you how I did this website thing in the old days—that’s the mid-1990s, kids.
I cooked a bunch of HTML files, with plenty of hard-coded URLs sprinkled in, and seasoned the mix with a bloated style sheet; launched an FTP client, preferably one with buttons to click on; and then uploaded my beautiful goop to a directory on a web server—that was all I needed and could afford.
Then the web hosting company performed some black magic rituals and the universe—OK, just me—marveled at my creation.
You can still play that game, that is, if your name is Timmy and the website belongs to your cat, Lassie, but if you intend to run a website where other adults do, you know, important stuff, as loyal Tank would say: “Timmy, that is loco.”
