Posts

• Feb 2, 2016

  Editing code in a Docker Container

  There seems to be a lot of confusion about the best way to edit code in a Docker Container. Below is a step-by-step on how I’ve setup my environment. [ more ]
• Jan 27, 2016

  Create Docker Image from Dockerfile

  Create a docker image from an existing repo and using a Dockerfile and a base image. Then psuh the Docker image to DockerHub. [ more ]
• Dec 29, 2015

  Create Digital Ocean Droplet

  One of the tasks of wrapping up my last project was to write up some documentation on how I created the D.O. Droplet and configured the server. The project was a fairly simple Craft CMS site, so nothing crazy complex there. But I also added some notes on protecting important bits like database passwords by storing them in the apache config. [ more ]
• Nov 1, 2015

  Craft CMS Install Setup

  Step-By-Step Craft CMS Install and Config For Multi-Environment. The following guide combines information from Craft CMS documentation, several blog posts and StackOverflow answers. [ more ]
• Oct 25, 2015

  Setup Craft Locally

  Configure a user-friendly name (e.g. local.example.dev) in the local /private/etc/hosts file to point to local environment. And, optionally, configure a name (e.g. stage.example.dev, example.com) to point to the server. [ more ]
• Oct 12, 2015

  Kitchen-Sink of Skills

  I few weeks ago I was interviewing developers. One of the candidates asked what I/we look for when hiring. Writing it down ended up to be an interesting exercise. It ended up being a kitchen sink list of developer skills. [ more ]
• Jun 21, 2015

  Github Flavored Ruby for Github Pages

  GitHub uses a specific version of Ruby to run GitHub Pages, currently at 2.1.7. This post walks thru installing rbenv, and ruby-build-github to get the same Ruby build that Pages uses. [ more ]
• Apr 1, 2015

  Create SSH Keys

  Eventually you will need to create SSH keys for a remote terminal, SFTP or a hosted service. The SSH keys are the recommended way to login to a SSH server. Besides providing authentication for the Secure Shell itself, the keys are also used for SFTP and SCP, and used for passwordless login for services like GitHub and BitBucket [ more ]
• Jan 31, 2015

  Install Git, Ruby and Node using Homebrew

  As previously mentioned, Homebrew rocks. This post walks thru installing Homebrew and then installing Git, Ruby and Node. As well as configuring git autocompletion. [ more ]
• Jan 30, 2015

  Why Homebrew?

  Homebrew is pretty cool. It makes the process of installing and updating key packages like Ruby, Node and Git incredibly simple. And properly configures permissions and PATH info so you don’t need to muck around with it. [ more ]
• Jan 25, 2015

  Obligatory Jekyll Install and Setup Post

  I noticed that almost everyone that creates a Jekyll-based blog also creates a how-to install Jekyll post. It’s a bit kitschy, but it’s an Internet tradition! My post combines instructions found on the following pages, it probably doesnt really contain anything new, but, as far as I can tell, it is the “proper” way to install Jekyll. [ more ]