They are popular and they are misunderstood. Containers have become the default way applications are packaged and run on servers, initially popularized by Docker. Now, Docker itself is misunderstood. It is the name of a company and a command (a suite of c... (more…)

With the routes up and tested, let's get this app deployed! (more…)

This post was the basis for a joint event with the grokking engineering community in Saigon.

Docker 17 introduced a new feature called multi-stage builds, which greatly simplifies the process of optimizing Docker images. This post gives an overview of multi-stage builds and how to use them to simplify Dockerfiles and greatly reduce image size. 🥳... (more…)

Imagine that you’ve got your new shiny CouchDB cluster working in production and then a node goes down. If your design is solid and you… (more…)