Hi, analysts!👋

Cookies vs sessions — What’s the difference?🍪

👉Understanding HTTP's Stateless Protocol

HTTP is stateless, treating each client-server request independently, with no memory of prior interactions. While this simplifies server design, cookies are needed to maintain user state across requests.

👉Role and Nature of Cookies

Cookies are small data files stored on the user's device and sent to the server with each request. They're often used to maintain login status or preferences. Setting HttpOnly and Secure flags helps protect against security risks like XSS.

👉Understanding Sessions

Sessions store data on the server, keeping sensitive information safer. While cookies identify clients, sessions manage data server-side to improve security. However, sessions require more server memory, especially with high traffic.

👉Cookies in Modern Applications

Cookies are widely used to save user preferences. Token-based authentication (like JWT) can enhance or replace session cookies, improving flexibility and security.

👉Practical Use Cases

Cookies work well for persistent settings, while sessions handle sensitive data like authentication. Secure web development relies on understanding HTTP's statelessness and using cookies and sessions strategically.

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🙌 SWOT analysis in 20 seconds 🙌

The SWOT analysis is a widely used tool to determine the four most determining drivers of a company, a brand, a product or service or a campaign, among others.
👉 These 4 drivers are: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

With this analysis, it will be possible to identify the internal and external aspects that have the most impact, so that there is a clear vision that allows the development of future strategies to mitigate the risks and strengthen the positive aspects.

The SWOT analysis must be implemented at the beginning of a strategic planning process to have the most relevant and important aspects that indicate an approach to strategies to be applied. In a second phase, it is important to validate whether the factors indicated have changed in order to measure the effectiveness of the actions applied.

👉What should I take into account to carry out a SWOT analysis?

📌The template to be used to indicate the content for each of the forces is contemplated by a table divided into 4 boxes as follows:
📎Strengths
📎Opportunities
📎Weaknesses
📎Threats

📌Strengths
Place the internal factors of the organization, the product, the service, the brand or any other element to be analyzed. Here we answer question “what we do well?”.

📌Weaknesses.
In this box, point out the limitations of the existing processes, it can vary from the reduction of monetary funds to capacity deficiencies.

📌Opportunities.
Part, where we must identify areas where we have not ventured, alliances that have not been made but that have enough potential to become strengths.

📌Threats
Factors that cannot be directly controlled by you or your organization and that present themselves as obstacles.

Remember that when you build your SWOT analysis, point out everything in the corresponding boxes. Avoid abstract concepts and capture the information clearly enough to allow you to subsequently develop strategies to deal with it and achieve the objectives that are set.

Hi, analysts! 👋

How about to discuss💡 Modeling as a Cognitive Tool for Project Clarity and Stakeholder Confidence 💡

Modeling, as a high-level cognitive activity, simplifies complex project elements, helping stakeholders not only understand but also feel confident about the product design and project processes. Among the various modeling techniques, the Entity-Relationship (ER) model stands out for conceptualizing relationships within a system. In simple terms, an ER model describes entities and the relationships between them using graphical notation.

🌟 The ER model’s primary purpose is to describe the structure of a database in software engineering and business information systems, simplifying the database design process. However, a common challenge when developing an ER model is choosing the right notation system. With no single standard, the choice can lead to confusion among stakeholders. I recommend using Crow’s Foot Notation, one of the most widely accepted notations for ER diagrams (ERDs).

The major components of ERDs include:
🔸 Entities: Represented by rectangles, entities are the objects or concepts we want to store data about (e.g., ‘Patient’, ‘Hospital’, ‘Doctor’).
🔸 Relationships: Represented by lines, these show how entities are connected.
🔸 Attributes: The specific details about an entity, such as ‘doctorid’ or ‘doctorname’, are placed inside the entity’s rectangle.
Understanding Cardinality is crucial for defining the relationships in ERDs.

Cardinality refers to the number of times an instance in one entity can relate to instances in another entity, depicted by the style of the connecting lines:
🔸 One-to-One: One entity is related to only one instance of another entity.
🔸 One-to-Many: One entity can be related to multiple instances of another.
🔸 Many-to-Many: Multiple instances of one entity relate to multiple instances of another.

Here's a quick guide to creating ERDs using Crow's Foot Notation with tools like Draw.io or Lucidchart:
👉 Identify key entities and label them with clear, noun-based names.
👉 Define attributes for each entity and specify their data types.
👉 Place attributes within the entity rectangles.
👉 Establish relationships between entities and set the appropriate cardinality using lines.

Remember, some entities may have multiple relationships, and that’s perfectly fine.
ER models not only facilitate clearer communication among team members but also ensure that the final product aligns with stakeholder expectations. 🙌
Happy modeling! 💡

Hi, analysts!👋

🚀SSO (Single Sign-On) explained🚀

SSO can be thought of as a master key to open all different locks. It allows a user to log in to different systems using a single set of credentials.

In a time where we are accessing more applications than ever before, this is a big help to mitigate password fatigue and streamlines user experience.

To fully understand the SSO process, let's take a look at this handy cheatsheet!

💭 I’d love to hear your thoughts. What part do you find most challenging about SSO? 💬
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Old but gold!
What's your option for such cases? 😑
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Hi, analysts!👋

🚀 What is a 10x Business Analyst (BA)?

A 10x BA doesn’t just do 10 times more work—they have 10 to 100 times the impact. They prevent the costly mistakes of poorly executed business analysis, such as implementing the wrong solutions that lead to endless fixes and disruptions.

So, what sets a 10x BA apart?
Here’s what makes them exceptional:

👉Uncover true needs behind requests, securing buy-in for what’s actually needed.
👉Laser focus—they minimize distractions and prioritize what matters.
👉Ask the tough questions to challenge assumptions and guide leaders toward better outcomes.
👉Connect the dots others miss—aligning strategy, people, workflows, and data.
👉Master the balance between diving into details and seeing the big picture.
👉Adapt swiftly—knowing when to speed up or slow down.
👉Problem-focused—obsessed with understanding before solving.
👉User-first mindset—always thinking in terms of real user scenarios.
👉Strong relationships with business and tech teams—trusted to move fast or slow when it counts.
👉Push back gracefully—earning respect even when saying no.

Do you think there are other traits that make a 10x BA? 🤔