I really admire people who are able to encompass metaphors in their teaching (and those who do it so effortlessly in everyday conversation!). So many of my aha! moments are sparked by a good analogy, so I thought I'd share a few DEV posts that really do this really well:

Kubernetes explained in pictures: the theme park analogy

Dan Lebrero ・ Jul 22 '18

#architecture #kubernetes #docker #explainlikeimfive

thank u, next: an introduction to linked lists

Ali Spittel ・ Dec 5 '18

#datastructures #beginners #programming #javascript

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Explained by Operating a Brewery

Kevin Kononenko ・ Aug 30 '18

#webdev #beginners #tutorial

Knapsack problem algorithms for my real-life carry-on knapsack

Victoria Drake ・ May 11 '18

#programming #algorithms #go

Skeletons and Caboodles - How I explain websites

Jenn ・ Jan 30 '19

#webdev #explainlikeimfive #beginners #discuss

Visualising the JavaScript Event Loop with a Pizza Restaurant analogy

Priyansh Jain ・ Apr 10 '18

#javascript #eventloop

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