#docker
15 episodes
#4993: Cross-Cloud Failover: Can You Actually Survive an AWS Outage?
Real teams are running cross-cloud failover drills — and the first attempt usually fails. Here's what they learned.
#4824: Build vs Pull: Docker Deploy Strategies for Solo Devs
Where to build your Docker image and how to trigger deploys — three patterns for small teams on a VPS.
#4778: SSH MCP and Tailscale: Docker Migration Guide
How to configure Tailscale for Docker containers when migrating from public IPs to tailnet addresses.
#4756: Eliminating the Secret: Workload Identity Without Credentials
How Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes are moving from long-lived keys to ephemeral, platform-issued tokens.
#4460: Why Your Container Has 233 Hidden Chrome Processes
Your container's PID 1 probably isn't reaping children. Here's why that quietly eats your RAM.
#4317: The Ladder of Minimal Linux Systems
From scratch containers to BusyBox to Alpine — how barebones can you go and still serve production traffic?
#2941: Distrobox: Linux Containers That Feel Like Native Apps
How Distrobox merges container isolation with native desktop integration for immutable distros, GPU work, and messy builds.
#2940: Distrobox: Linux Containers for Humans, Not Servers
Run any distro's apps on any Linux host—no VM, no dual-boot, no dependency hell.
#2476: Database Backups Without the Bloat
pg_dump, WAL archiving, and the free tools that beat expensive commercial backup software.
#2475: Docker Volumes: Why They Can't Move and What To Do
Docker made apps portable but left your data stuck. Here's how to actually move volumes between hosts.
#2474: Private Container Registries: Docker Hub vs GHCR vs Self-Hosting
Comparing Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and self-hosted options for private container storage.
#2079: The Geopolitics of Grey Boxes
Why factories still run on ladder logic, VxWorks, and rugged grey boxes instead of cloud servers.
#1807: The ABI Trap: Why GPUs Break Docker's Promise
Docker promised "run anywhere," but GPU images make you compile for hours. Here’s why the abstraction breaks down.
#1657: Solo Devs: When to Dockerize (and When Not To)
Is Docker worth it for solo devs? We compare raw Python, Docker, and dev containers with real setup times and tradeoffs.
#27: Choosing Your AI Environment: Host, Conda, or Docker?
Tired of AI environment headaches on AMD? We demystify Conda, Docker, and host environments to unlock your GPU's full potential.