Tag archive: tutorial

  • Switching from Docker Desktop to Colima

    I use Docker containers to automate the setup of development environments in a standard and repeatable way. It makes it very easy to spin up applications locally during development, and especially to ensure everyone working in a team has a consistent environment. The Docker Engine is actually built on top of a few Linux technologies, including Kernel…


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    3–5 minutes
  • Switching to Starship

    A long time ago, I started experimenting with customising my Bash shell prompt. Rather than just showing the current working directory, I wanted to add snippets of useful information to my prompt. I started with displaying the currently active branch of a Git repository. Next I added code to show which version of a particular…


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    4–6 minutes
  • Jekyll and GitHub Actions

    When deciding to resurrect this blog, I first had to do some research to choose the right software to do the job. The original blog years ago was deployed using WordPress and while I’m still a fan of WordPress I wanted to keep things super simple this time around. At work last year I redid some internal…


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    7–10 minutes