JONATHAN MASH

I'm an Seattle based team leader, electrical engineer, and product developer creating awesome products for innovative tech. companies. Let's start scrolling and learn more about me and what I do... My name is Jonathan Mash and I was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. I am currently working for Amazon Project Kuiper helping develop the technology to deliver internet connectivity to unserved and under-served people across the globe. Prior to Kuiper, I worked at Amazon Prime Air where I developed novel drone technologies to enable autonomous package delivery in 30 minutes or less... You have all seen those quirky little URL shortener websites (goo.gl, bitly, tinyurl, etc…) but have you ever wondered why they exist, how they work, or how to make one? In this series, I am going to walk you through the details behind their existence and how they work. Following that, I will show you how I made a URL shortener using PHP, MySQL, and a bit of HTTP magic.