Programming Pitfalls: Docker via Snap

Programming Pitfalls: Docker via Snap

Every so often, I run into one of those problems that reminds me why I like to keep my systems boring. This week’s adventure? Docker installed via Snap on an Ubuntu host that happened to require a fairly sophisticated ZFS setup and multiple mounts. I should also...

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Syncing Prod & Staging Data With Dokku

Syncing Prod & Staging Data With Dokku

If you're anything like me, you’ve probably faced the classic problem of everything working swimmingly on your test / staging environment, but the end users hitting some weird issue on production. This is often caused by your production data being (obviously) accurate...

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Fly.io VS Render VS Dokku – Fight!

Fly.io VS Render VS Dokku – Fight!

There's never been an easier time to get your application up and running on world-class level hosting providers and there a number of great providers available. Today, we're diving into a comparative analysis of three of my preferred hosting solutions: Fly.io, Render,...

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Why I’m Selling My MacBook Pro – Focus

In a word - "focus." There are a lot of cool technologies available to developers to today and the truth is that, I've been spending a lot of time chasing a lot of different albeit very interesting technologies and trying to figure out what makes sense for myself and...

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