How Websites Remember You (Cookies, Sessions, and Tokens)

🍪 Cookies – The Tiny Notes in Your Browser

Imagine you walk into a candy store, and the person at the counter gives you a small name tag sticker that says “Hi, I’m Alex!” You stick it to your shirt. The next time you walk in, they look at your sticker and go, “Hey Alex, welcome back! Your favorite candy’s in stock!”

That’s kind of how cookies work.

Cookies are tiny pieces of data that websites store in your browser. They help sites remember stuff like:

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Docker vs. Virtual Machines: Explained like you’re 12

🐳 What is Docker? (aka Containers)

Imagine you’re at school and every student brings their own lunchbox. Inside the lunchbox is everything they need for lunch: their sandwich, juice, spoon, napkin, maybe even a tiny dessert.

That’s Docker.

A Docker container is like a lunchbox for software. It has:

  • The application (like a web server or app)
  • The tools and libraries it needs to run
  • It doesn’t bring the whole kitchen — just what it needs

And the best part? You can take that container and give it to another computer — and it’ll run the same way, every time. Super portable. Super light.

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