Recent Articles

Reducing Docker Layers

Jun 29, 2020 · 5 min read

Reducing the size of your Docker images is important for a number of reasons, and while there are newer tools such as multi-stage builds, reducing the number of layers in your image may help.


Port-Forwarding to Kubernetes

Jun 22, 2020 · 3 min read

If you're using Kubernetes, it's likely you have services without public ingresses in production, which makes sending test requests to them hard - but Kubernetes offers a number of way to port forward to these services.


Using Multi-Stage Docker Builds with Go

Jun 4, 2020 · 4 min read

Multi-stage Docker builds can greatly reduce the size of final built images, and the savings can be extreme with Go.


Using Relative Links in Metalsmith

May 21, 2020 · 4 min read

Relative links in HTML increases a site's portability to be hosted from anywhere, and it's easy to automatically convert links in Metalsmith projects.


Remove Unused Assets in Metalsmith

May 19, 2020 · 3 min read

Have assets in your source directory that are never used by your output? Save some space, get rid of them!


Being Critical of Past Developers

May 14, 2020 · 2 min read

How were those past developers of this project so very wrong?


SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs: What Are They?

May 11, 2020 · 5 min read

You might have heard these terms in reference to commitments with vendors or customers, but what are they, and why should you care?


What is the "JAMstack"?

Apr 26, 2020 · 5 min read

Simply, it stands for: JavaScript, APIs, and Markup.


Scheduling Netlify Builds with GitHub Actions

Apr 24, 2020 · 3 min read

Netlify is a popular service to host JAMstack websites with, and updating those websites automatically on a schedule is easy with GitHub Actions.


Minify Files in Metalsmith

Mar 26, 2020 · 3 min read

Minified files maintain all the functionality of their original source but optimize for size, which in turns means faster page loads and improved SEO - and it's a snap to do in Metalsmith.


Debugging Remote Jest Tests

Feb 20, 2020 · 4 min read

I ran into the need to debug Jest tests running inside a Docker container recently and didn't find any clear instructions on how to do it. Turns out it's pretty easy when you have the right flags.


Adding a Favicon in Metalsmith

Feb 17, 2020 · 3 min read

Favicons are low-resolution website icons that web browsers use to help identify bookmarks, tabs, and desktop icons at a glance - and they're easy to add in Metalsmith.