TLS certificates used to be a much bigger headache than they are now. With the advent of Let’s Encrypt, anyone can setup a secure, encrypted domain in a matter of minutes. The project has made obtaining, installing and renewing free certificates incredibly easy. The process is pretty simple when you’re…

The likelihood of a software developer touching an API during their daily work is huge. APIs are everywhere and they power the web as we know it. Building any modern online application requires the use of an API at some point in the process. Even if you’re not building user-facing…

The daily accomplishments of a software developer vary widely between roles and companies. Depending on the industry and your particular specialization, you may blaze through many tasks or maybe just a few. …

Everybody loves the power and flexibility of Linux. It can be anything you want it to be. You can modify and extend it ad infinitum. The best part of Linux is that it’s built by a community of passionate users. This community supercharges the OS with even more powerful features…

On the Internet you can get a top-notch education without ever leaving home. Whether it’s YouTube or Wikipedia, information on almost any subject is readily available. This means there is almost no excuse for being a bad software engineer. Spending time on any of the hundreds of popular coding websites…

Working with private repositories in Docker can be challenging. Handling credentials and SSH keys in your build environment quickly becomes a messy, annoying chore when you’re doing it manually. Thankfully, Docker has released features to help assuage our private repository build woes. In this article, we’ll explore how to use…

Things are starting to cool down a bit and you’re feeling more comfortable in your role. You know more about the codebase than when you started, and you’ve got a bunch of code reviews under your belt. Things are less overwhelming now. It might seem like this is the perfect…

Its your first day on the job. Your heart is racing and you’re nervous as hell. Where do you start? How will you learn the codebase? What if you mess up your first PR? These are all normal thoughts to have when you’re just starting out. …

Faster, feature-filled options for better deployments — Recent changes to the way Docker works have caused some developers to forge new paths free of the big blue whale. Restricting some new features to the enterprise version of Docker and an overbearing update policy are just a few complaints circulating within the Docker community. If you decide its…