I’m currently wrangling with Docker. I’m working through some Docker courses on Udemy and Sitepoint. Plus, I’m reading articles on how to improve my Docker files. I like playing with tools like Docker and docker-compose. But they add a lot of complexity to an application. Here are some useful links and resources about Docker: Advanced multi-stage build patterns by Tõnis Tiigi 9 Common Dockerfile Mistakes by Jorge Silva Production-ready Docker packaging Docker for Node.

A few days ago, I created a Docker build for Flask with PostgreSQL (both with Alpine Linux and with Debian Linux). Installing psypcopg-2 binary (required for Postgres) requires you to build the package from source. Now the Docker image grows in size, as it still contains the build artifacts. The solution? Multi-stage Docker builds. Let’s say we have the following docker-compose.yml file. There are two services: a Flask API called users and a Postgres database called users-db.

Create isolated Python projects with virtual environments What is a virtual environments and why should I use it? A virtual environment allows you to develop several Python projects with different versions of packages on the same computer. Python usually installs the latest versions of your dependencies globally. You’ll run into problems, if one of your projects requires a different package version. venv Python ships with venv out of the box since version 3.

How to build a Python app with PostgreSQL I’m currently setting up a Flask app with PostgreSQL and Docker. Like most examples you’ll find on the internet, the course I’m following uses Alpine Linux as a base image. Alpine’s selling point is the small image size. But Alpine uses a different C library, musl, instead of glibc. That’s one of the reasons why the website Pythonspeed recommends Debian Buster as the base image for Python (as of 2019).

Today I broke my Manjaro system. I wanted to update my pacman-mirrors and somehow landed on an unstable branch. Usually, I use the stable branch. I mistakingly used Arch Linux’s Pacman Mirrorlist Generator instead of Manjaro’s mirrors. I had upgraded my system with: sudo pacman -Syyu. After a reboot, I encountered many errors: lightdm didn’t work anymore, pacman-mirrors broke, etc.: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pacman_mirrors’ That was a catch-22 because I couldn’t update my pacman-mirrors.

Updated: December 5th, 2019 Fish shell is my favorite shell. It’s awesome. Fish comes with useful features out of the box. For example, excellent auto-completion and syntax highlighting make my life easier. Fish is a joy to use. What Is a Shell? From technopedia: A shell is software that provides an interface for an operating system’s users to provide access to the kernel’s services. On Unix-based or Linux-based operating systems, a shell can be invoked through the shell command in the command line interface (CLI), allowing users to direct operations through computer commands, text or script.

To search a file, type / (search forwards) or ? (search backwards) and enter the word. Normally, Vim will check for upper and lower letters. But you can set two different options in your configuration file (~/.vimrc or similar): set ignorecase or set smartcase Examples: pattern ‘ignorecase’ ‘smartcase’ matches ~ foo off - foo foo on - foo Foo FOO Foo on off foo Foo FOO Foo on on Foo \cfoo - - foo Foo FOO foo\C - - foo Other options:

Here are some reads I found this week: A Pattern For Cancelling Fetch API Requests - how to cancel fetch Create a user controlled dark or light mode - design accessible dark and light modes for your website Computer Architecture - Fall 2019 Course - free YouTube lectures from ETH Zürich Commit Message Driven Development - you might have heard of README Driven-Development, but what is Commit Message Driven Development?