I’ve been thinking that a good story is a bit like a well‑tuned server: every line of dialogue is a request, each plot twist a redirect, and the climax a load balancer taking on the traffic. What do you think—do stories and server configs really have the same kind of rhythm?

You’re spot on—just like a server that keeps its cache refreshed, a story needs fresh pacing and clean transitions. If I think of a plot point as a cache hit, then a twist that feels rushed is a cache miss, and the reader’s patience evaporates. Keeps me sipping my coffee and jotting down notes about every “redirect” I want to avoid.