David McKay articles - 20 total
Kubernetes SDKs from the Pulumiverse
Pulumi provides an amazingly rich interface for developers and operators to define their Kubernetes...
Introduction to OpenEBS
OpenEBS builds on Kubernetes to enable Stateful applications to easily access Dynamic Local PVs or Re...
Introduction to GitOps with GitOps Toolkit / Flux v2
GitOps is a way to do Kubernetes cluster management and application delivery. It works by using Git...
QuestDB on Kubernetes
I was first introduced to QuestDB by my former colleague, David Simmons, who now runs their Developer...
Packet Metadata for SaltStack
In my last article, we spun up some bare metal compute on Packet with Pulumi and installed SaltStack....
SaltStack on Packet with Pulumi
WIP: You probably don't want to read this yet 😂 I joined Packet on July 27th (4 days ago, at the tim...
Automate Google Calendar Invitations with Slack and Pipedream
When I was working at InfluxData, I put together a programme that aimed to solve a common business ch...
Contributing to nixpkgs
I've been using NixOS, on and off, for around 2 years now. It's got its challenges, which usually mea...
Introduction to WebAssembly on Kubernetes with Krustlet
Welcome! 👋 This article will aim to introduce you to something wild and wonderful - running WebAssem...
Tip 6: Bat, Rip, & Skim
Consider this the "Embrace Rust" tip post. If an app can be rewritten in Rust, then someone's probabl...
Tip 5: Replacing ls with exa
Rust ... slowly but surely, all applications are being rewritten in Rust. My next few tips will cove...
Tip 4: Git Commit Templates & Conventional Commits
Git commit messages are important. We all know that, yet ... in the heat of the moment, we're prone t...
Tip 3: Create a `tmp` Alias
Nobody ever tells you this, but it's true for everyone ... you'll need to trust me... There's going...
Tip 2: History Forgets Common Commands
With Tip 1, we looked at how we can switch our history between local directory and global. Regardles...
Tip 1: Per Directory ZShell History
You probably enter a lot of different commands into your terminal every day, right? Those commands co...
How I Git
I've been slinging code for nearly 20 years now. I've navigated the murky waters of version control,...
Docker's Entrypoint & Command Explained in 20 Seconds
This is a small clip from my "Kickass Development Environments with Docker" talk that was recorded at...
Dockerfile Tip 1: Define a Base Layer
With the advent of the Multi Stage Dockerfile, it's very common for people to ver...
Spinning Up InfluxDB 2.0 (Alpha) with Docker
Warning: InfluxDB 2.0 (Alpha) should NOT be used for any production workloads. ...
InfluxDB 2.0.0 Alpha 8
A new release of InfluxDB 2.0 Alpha is available now. As described in our CTO P...