Monthly notes 44

Summer holidays are over and it’s time to get back to work and monthly notes. I spent almost whole August enjoying nature, mountain biking, hiking and coaching young mountainbikers. Less computers, more relaxing. This month’s notes are about writing great Docker images, validate code using git hooks, log management, story about npm registry, working remotely and effective Kotlin. Happy reading.

Issue 44, 6.9.2019

Microservices

How to write great Docker container images
It’s easy with these great tips and examples. I would add that use small base image like Alpine Linux if possible. (from @walokra)

Kubernetes: A Detailed Example of Deployment of a Stateful Application
Article goes through the overview to Kubernetes by covering “What are the design principles and architecture of Kubernetes?” and “How to use Kubernetes, and a simple example.” (from @java)

Software Development

Automate validating code changes with Git hooks
What could be more annoying than committing code changes and noticing afterwards that the formatting isn’t right or tests are failing? Read these tips how automate validating code changes with git hooks and make your flow smooth.

Fast log management for your apps
Nicolas Frankel talked at Berlin Buzzwords about logging. Good overview to the issue. TL;DR; no computation to logs, filesystem matters, asynchronous vs. reliability, no expensive meta-data, schema on write, send JSON.

Use morning hours for open source and improving

I (usually) spend the first hour of my day, 8-9AM, working on open source or watching technical talks or otherwise just improving my technical craft.

I recommend it. 7 hours is plenty value to your employer. Spend the first hour improving your tools, skills, and knowledge.

— Jamon (@jamonholmgren) June 3, 2019

JavaScript

Story of money and ownership and control
“the economics of open source [in JavaScript, Node.js and npm]”. Important point of views to problems with (privately controlled) [npm] package registry. (from @walokra)

Team work

11 Best Practices for Working Remotely
Good tips for working remotely. The biggest hurdles are communication, social opportunities and loneliness and isolation. “With consistent effort, you can overcome the challenges of remote work and create a healthy, happy, productive environment for yourself and for your team.” (from @dunjardl)

If you ever have to lead a remote dev team…
The Remote Workflow:simple, transparent, predictable, frictionless. (from @ThePracticalDev)

Books

Effective Kotlin beta release
Adding this to my reading list! “First official version of Effective Kotlin is finally in distribution (as an ebook)”. Having read Effective Java this book is totally worth it.

Something different

Watch 14 minutes of new Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay footage
A new look at different gameplay styles for the upcoming open-world RPG.