Docker and containers are pretty nifty. You can run applications or even OSes inside containers (sort of, it shares a kernel with the host OS and there’s still at least some ways to escape a container to get to the host). The beauty of it to me is how ...

Code quality is always a top priority for us. We want to know that our code works every time and when it stops working we want to know immediately. We use GitLab CI to run our tests every time we push new code and before every deployment. GitLab CI lets u... (more…)

In this article, I’ll explain how to build OCI container images without using Docker by building the layers and image manifests programmatically using the go-containerregistry module. As an example, I’ll build a container image by adding some static websi... (more…)

Most official Docker images offer both Debian and Alpine based images but there's some surprising performance results between the 2. (more…)

I recently had a discussion with a Docker expert about the security of Docker vs. virtual machines. When I told that I've read from different sources that it's easier for code running within a Docker (more…)