Border Gateway Protocol, BGP for short, is probably the most
important protocols you might have never heard of. Well, you did at
least once, in October 2021. When Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and
Messenger all went down because of BGP misconfiguration. Or that one day
back in 2008 when all YouTube traffic was accidentally routed to
Pakistan. Because of BGP… misconfiguration. So what’s the big deal with
BGP? First we must understand how the Internet works.
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#97: Ruby: help every programmer to be productive and to be happy

Podcast for developers, testers, SREs... and their managers. I explain complex and convoluted technologies in a clear way, avoiding buzzwords and hype. Never longer than 4 minutes and 16 seconds. Because software development does not require hours of lectures, dev advocates' slide decks and hand waving. For those of you, who want to combat FOMO, while brushing your teeth. 256 seconds is plenty of time. If I can't explain something within this time frame, it's either too complex, or I don't understand it myself. 

By Tomasz Nurkiewicz. Java Champion, CTO, trainer, O'Reilly author, blogger