For quite some time I've used Renovate on GitHub to create pull requests if there is a new version of the software I use in my projects. For a while, I always merged the pull requests created by Renovate and then deployed them via Ansible. For a certain number of…
With Docker, you have a convenient technology, but it can be a security risk too. It is important to not forget to protect your Docker Engine against possible threats, especially if you're running Docker in production. In order to understand all the good practices that exist for a Docker installation,…
You may be very familiar with the following scenario: you've pushed a code change to your remote repository and now the code linting pipeline fails and you need to push another fix to make the linter proud. One way to prevent such behavior is to use a framework called "pre-commit"…
Recently I saw some users on Twitter who were upset that the Docker community maintainers for the Ghost Docker image changed the default database from sqlite3 to MySQL. Since this was only a minor version update many of the sites powered by Ghost went down as soon as they updated…
The caption sounds a bit deep and that's because it is a profound topic. In an era that emphasizes having more, doing more, and achieving more it is crucial to know what is important to you and your environment. This post is all about how you can achieve a workflow…
Two days ago I've had the chance to set up another Laptop using Ubuntu and configure it properly for my workflows. I've plugged in my Keychron K8 and recognized that the F1-F12 keys won't get registered as actual function keys. Instead, my device just treated them as multimedia keys by…
Foreword: So recently I had the problem that I've deployed some software (Sentry) via docker-compose and needed to add some changes to the docker-compose.yml file to implement the correct routing for my setup. In doing so, I didn't want to fork the project to make my changes in the…
Foreword: Recently I read "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" by Cal Newport on how you can get in a state of truly full focused work cycles without any distractions. This mode is a special skill with which, if mastered, you can genuinely stand out in…