This is the first article in the four part series, Minimizing & Securing Docker Images. Check out the other articles in the series: 1. Bigger .dockerignore, Smaller Docker Images 2. Look Docker, No Distro Everyone wants faster build times, and less junk in their app. By beefing up our .dockerignore…

After a certain amount of time of deploying applications, you have used SSH to tap into the command line of at least a few servers. Perhaps you use a password, maybe you use a key. Then you begin to wonder, should I use one key file for every server or…

“You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one” - John Lennon Imagine There’s No Deployment Struggles Imagine as a developer, you write your code, test it locally, push it to the remote repository. From there, it automatically gets tested and if it passes all the tests it gets deployed to the…

My dad used to tell me, “there’s always more than one way to get somewhere.” He used to take me with him everywhere via streets, dirt roads, freeways, back alleys, and highways. He would hardly ever take the same way twice. This was not only a key factor in nurturing…

"We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat." -Terrance McKenna Relational Database Magick Python is built on top of CPython which is built on top of C. Everything in JavaScript is an…

“Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” — George Orwell The words “people of color” are no different than the words “colored people.” Those words were used to show dominance over people who had more…

Within every person, there is the potential to make the world a better place or to become destructive and let primal instincts devour potential. Tools to make the world a better place come in many forms. Some people reach into the sciences, while others reach into the arts. Art itself…

“There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and the truth will again triumph.” — Joseph Goebbels Being an informed citizen who takes time out of their day to contemplate all new political issues, including but not limited to: candidates and props isn’t…