THE BRAINY ORG
Book Intro

Key Terminology

Cloud

Remote compute, storage and services (e.g., Azure, GCP). Enables elasticity, pay‑as‑you‑go and global scale.

Stacks

The layers of your app (frontend, backend, data). Examples: MERN, .NET + SQL, Firebase + Cloud Run.

Automation

Rules and bots that remove manual work — CI/CD, infrastructure as code, event-driven workflows.

AI & LLMs

AI systems that learn from data; LLMs generate text/code. We implement with safety, auditability and guardrails.

Security

Least privilege, encryption in transit/at rest, secrets management, threat modelling and compliance.