Heroku is a great solution for developing and deploying applications with minimal fuss. Depending on your needs and priorities, however, a Docker-based CI/CD pipeline might work even better. This article discusses the benefits of migrating from Heroku to...

Socrates left behind a way to deeply explore a topic in a systematic way. It's called Socratic questioning. Let's apply it to Docker. (more…)

Learn how to cut your Docker build times by half by leveraging the power BuildKit and buildx on a GitHub Action runner. Enable Docker layer caching for your production builds and save time and money. See full YAML example for a production build of a Rails... (more…)

Many situations, like creating a MVP or doing development work, do not require that heavy baggage that comes along with Swarm and...

The MySQL container kept crash looping, causing over an hour of downtime before I had it resolved fully. Here's the solution I found... (more…)