![]() ![]() But many of us pay little attention to the selection of the individual components that ours is made up of. As well adjusted and modern cyborgs, we all have one. ![]() That, of course, brings us to the main subject of this little essay the personal tech stack. Why not, then, pay attention to the technologies that enhance your capabilities and performance every day? Personal Tech Stacks You are conscious of what you wear, mindful of what you eat, and careful of your physical health. That daily reliance on technology is why I believe that we should all intentionally curate our own, personal tech stack. Musk’s public discussions and in even larger part due to the ongoing progression of technology and its dispersion into so many aspects of our lives. That idea is not quite as crazy as it was back then, in part thanks to Mr. Not the cool hardware enhanced cyborg from sci-fi stories but a more software based cyborg.” I went on to report that “Merriam-Webster defines cyborg as ‘a bionic human’ and bionic as ‘having normal biological capability or performance enhanced by or as if by electronic or electromechanical devices’ – thus a cyborg is simply a human whose performance is enhanced by something electronic.” I first wrote about this back in 2009, when I mused that “I have come to realize that I am, in fact, a cyborg. We can communicate over any planetary distance, to any number of people, essentially instantly. ![]() The worlds information is literally at our fingertips, and now available via voice command as well. But most folks do accept the fact that we are enhanced by the technology that we use every day. Not everyone agrees with him that we need to create a direct brain-computer interface in order to compete with AI. But are tech stacks just for companies? Enter the CyborgsĪbout 6 years ago, Elon Musk told us that we are already cyborgs, during an on-stage session at Code Conference 2016. But as you can see in the Hubspot definition, we can also use “technology stack” to talk about the combination of solutions we weave together to run our business. The term is most often used by developers to talk about the necessary components for their applications to “run on.” This is where the term ‘full-stack’ developer comes from, meaning someone who can work across front-end, back-end, database, scripting, monitoring, etc. ![]() If I summarize that, a tech stack (or solution stack) is all the stuff you need to do your thing. Hubspot provides a slightly broader definition: A technology stack, or tech stack, is the collection of tools, platforms, apps, and pieces of software that a company uses to build its products, carry out its business operations, and monitor its performance metrics. Sometimes called a “solutions stack,” a tech stack typically consists of programming languages, frameworks, a database, front-end tools, back-end tools, and applications connected via APIs. Heap offers a great, if very developer-centric definition: A tech stack is the combination of technologies a company uses to build and run an application or project. If you work in or around application development or corporate IT you’ve probably heard the term “tech stack” and you may even be able to list off several that you and your organization use (e.g. What’s a personal tech stack? Let’s break it down… Tech Stack Defined I believe that we all have a personal tech stack and that the more we mindfully and intentionally curate the tools we use everyday, the more productive and happy we will be. ![]()
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