Permissions, Scopes & Roles with Monica Lent

04/17/24 • 30 min

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.

Affilimate
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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

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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.

Affilimate
Check out Monica’s website
Follow Monica on Twitter and LinkedIn
Follow Affilimate on Twitter and LinkedIn

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.

Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.

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SaaS Pricing and Data Models with Pierre de Wulf

Today we talk to Pierre de Wulf, the technical co-founder of ScrapingBee. He talks to us about how they arrived at 36 different pricing data types, the difference between plans and subscriptions, and more.

Chapters

(00:44) - What is ScrapingBee?

(03:56) - The evolution of ScrapingBee’s data model

(06:40) - Subscription versus plan

(10:43) - The importance of reading documentations

(20:16) - Pierre’s tall tale about int

(22:59) - Benedicte’s tall tale about a 106-year old getting enrolled into school

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.