Articles about Tools


Getting Started with Visual Studio Code
April 23, 2023

Getting Started with Visual Studio Code

Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time writing Go code and, honestly, didn’t want to pay for a license for a commercial text editor or IDE. I asked around for recommendations and nearly everyone said “Use VS Code!”. So that’s what I started using and this is my initial impressions after about two weeks with it.

Deploying With Docker - Take 1, Or "Houston, We Have a Problem"
April 3, 2017

Deploying With Docker - Take 1, Or "Houston, We Have a Problem"

A little while ago, I wrote two parts in a multi-part series about using Docker. As someone who’s reasonably new to Docker — and been bitten by the Docker bug — I wanted to share what I’d learned, in the hopes that others may benefit.

How to Debug a Docker Compose Build
April 18, 2017

How to Debug a Docker Compose Build

If you’re using Docker Compose to deploy an application (whether locally or remotely) and something’s not working, here’s a concise approach you can use to debug the deployment and get your containers up and running properly.