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How to deploy Gitea on Kubernetes with Helm

Gitea is a simple and hyper-focused git management solution. Here is how you can install it.

Linux basics: common terminology of the Linux world

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Linux basics: common terminology of the Linux world

Common terms in the Linux world, explained.

How to start Flatpak applications on boot up

How to start Flatpak applications on boot up

Using a terminal workaround to start Flatpak applications in the background.

How to install Nextcloud using Ansible and Terraform?

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How to install Nextcloud using Ansible and Terraform?

Use Ansible and Terraform to setup your own file storage and more in the cloud.

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How I cut my cloud costs by 70%

Use a combination of Terraform and Ansible to reduce the cloud costs.

Linux Basics: How to install Linux?

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Linux Basics: How to install Linux?

Let's learn how to install a Linux distribution.

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Linux basics: What are Linux distributions (distros)?

One of the first questions new users may ask themselves is what is a distribution. So let's explore that and answer that question.

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Running Fedora Linux at work

Using Fedora Linux for everything developing to conference calls. My experience and thoughts on the subject.

How to manage Kubernetes packages with Helm?

How to manage Kubernetes packages with Helm?

A deeper dive into Helm install, upgrade, and uninstall.

Apollo GraphQL Server 🚀 With TypeScript

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Apollo GraphQL Server 🚀 With TypeScript

In this article, I am going to show how to build GraphQL express server with apollo server and typescript including unit test setup with jest. This can also use as a starter template to build apollo express server quickly and can be developed further for respective api requirement. Let's start

How to get started with Kubernetes the easy way

How to get started with Kubernetes the easy way

Review of the DigitalOcean managed Kubernetes offering.

DigitalOcean Cloud core services review

DigitalOcean Cloud core services review

DigitalOcean (DO) is a great solution for anyone from devs to companies. For everything from prototyping to enterprise applications.

Chrome DevTools - CSS Overview

Chrome DevTools - CSS Overview

Recently a cool new experimental feature was added to Chrome. We can get an overview of the CSS used on a website. For example: information about CSS elements, external stylesheets, colors, fonts, media queries and also unused declarations (if you want to optimize things you may want to check it

Selenide - Create a Custom WebDriver

Selenide - Create a Custom WebDriver

The beauty of Selenide is that it opens a browser automatically and closes it after each test. You don’t need to do anything, this is an out of the box feature. But what if you need to open a browser with a custom configuration, for e.g. open in

Deploying applications to kubernetes the proper way

Deploying applications to kubernetes the proper way

Deploying apps to Kubernetes with a reverse proxy ingress resource.

How to create custom Helm charts

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How to create custom Helm charts

Here we create a custom helm chart for OpenProject with data persistence and an external database.

Making Kubernetes applications easy with Helm

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Making Kubernetes applications easy with Helm

Easily install complex applications with Helm the Kubernetes package manager.

Production ready, custom Kubernetes (k8s) cluster in minutes

Production ready, custom Kubernetes (k8s) cluster in minutes

A production ready, highly available, gossip based kubernetes cluster.

Install LEMP stack with Ansible in less than 30 minutes

Install LEMP stack with Ansible in less than 30 minutes

Use Ansible to shorten web server setup from hours to minutes.

What is lacking in Computer Science university programs

What is lacking in Computer Science university programs

Sharing some opinions based on my experience in academia verses as a professional

Docker Swarm with Elasticsearch Cluster

Docker Swarm with Elasticsearch Cluster

Using Docker Cluster to create a scalable Elasticsearch Cluster.

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Limitations and Final Thoughts

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Limitations and Final Thoughts

Final part of the Scalable Architecture series. Just limitations I encountered and thoughts

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Backend Services

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Backend Services

Fourth part of the scalable architecture series. Make backend services using NodeJS and Mongo

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Logging Stack

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Logging Stack

Here we create our logging stack using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Frontend Services

Scalable System Architecture with Docker, Docker Flow, and Elastic Stack: Frontend Services

Continuing the docker infrastructure series, we now create our frontend services.