Irene TollingerThe server is ingrained in our psyche well after we go serverlessI have a PSA for teams working in a serverless stack. It’s the story of a cost spike that changed my mental model, which I hadn’t realized…4 min read·Mar 9, 2024----
Irene TollingerInfrastructure Matters: Getting Out (Every) Vote.Every vote matters — perhaps more this year than any other — which means every dollar and hour spent by political campaigns is more…6 min read·Oct 29, 2020----
Irene TollingerWhy Are Campaigns Still Focused on TV?Campaigns are increasingly made or broken on the internet. Virginia was an important win for the Democrats. Does that mean the Democratic…5 min read·Feb 22, 2020----
Irene TollingerThe Nerdiest Design MethodHow I applied a quantitative academic method, GOMS, to predict the efficiency impact of UX design for a new system.7 min read·Nov 13, 2019----
Irene TollingerFollow the Money in Virginia’s ElectionTime, money and energy poured into Virginia and I wondered how much money exactly and who was behind it based on publicly available data…3 min read·Nov 6, 2019----
Irene TollingerThe fear that dare not speak its name:We tend to use the word tyrant to describe leaders in far corners of the world. We think of leaders who get “elected” in a one party system…2 min read·Jan 19, 2017----