Remember when I said reality turned out to be harsher? When you open the logs of a custom-built analytics package after a couple of days, you expect to see hits from a few friends and, in the best-case scenario, your mom. Well, maybe a lost translator bot.
Instead, I discovered that the server had become a point of interest for folks who don't just "scroll the feed," but dissect the internet down to its molecules. My little project suddenly transformed into a testing ground for those who prefer silence and IPV6.
Read the first part of the story about how it all began in the article:
How I Built My Own Laravel Analytics Package (and Almost Didn't Crash Production).
In this series, we’ll step "through the looking glass": we’ll find out who Palo Alto Networks are, why bots read my Terms of Service in 7 seconds, and why Linux + DuckDuckGo is now the official mark of quality for a visitor.
