Shipyard DevRel articles - 44 total
The Docker Compose Test Environment Guide
Docker Compose is an invaluable development tool for microservices apps. If you’re working with...
Local-first CI/CD with Makefiles
Continuous integration often only happens after a commit or a PR, in a remote environment. However,...
Test Your Vibe Coding with Ephemeral Environments
Vibe coding is taking the tech world by storm. Why? It’s a lightning-fast way to prototype the app of...
How to Measure DORA Change Fail Rate
As with all four key DORA metrics, measurement is the first step to improvement. Change fail rate is...
What Developer Experience Metrics Should I Track?
Developer experience is one of the most important things to track for good engineering performance....
The Template for Hosting a Successful Tech Meetup
At Shipyard, we’ve found engaging with our developer communities in-person has been one of the best...
DeveloperWeek 2025: What to expect
The Shipyard team is gearing up for DeveloperWeek 2025 in Santa Clara! While we plan our itineraries,...
UAT: A Quick Overview
UAT is an important stage of the SDLC -- it’s a manual process for verifying that each feature meets...
Ephemeral Environments: A Quick Overview
Ephemeral environments are the new industry standard for testing and previewing features before they...
How to Measure DORA Deployment Frequency
Deployment frequency is one of the four key DORA metrics, and serves as a quick yet accurate way to...
Docker Bake: Storing your Docker build config
TLDR: Docker recently launched the Bake feature and file spec. At Shipyard, we’ve found it quite...
What is Engineering Enablement (And Why it Matters)
What is Engineering Enablement? Engineering Enablement (or Developer Enablement) is a...
How to Improve DORA Lead Time for Changes
This post was originally published on the Shipyard Blog DORA change lead times are critical to...
How to Measure DORA Lead Time for Changes
This post was originally published on the Shipyard Blog If you're trying to improve your DORA...
How To: Containerize a Django and Postgres App with Docker
This article was originally published on the Shipyard Blog. As you’re building out your Django...
How to Test GenAI Code
Over 92% of developers share that they use generative AI tools to help them write software, per...
The Docker Ecosystem Explained
The Docker ecosystem has grown quite a bit since Docker Engine launched in 2013 — it now includes...
How To: Build and Run a Next.js app with Docker
Next.js is an increasingly popular React framework for building visually stunning, high-performing,...
Measuring Developer Experience with the DevEx Framework
This post was originally published on the Shipyard Blog. Measuring DevEx has been a major...
Playwright vs. Cypress: Comparing E2E Tools
This article was originally published on the Shipyard Blog Playwright and Cypress are the...
Upgrading Postgres in Docker
This article was originally published on the Shipyard Blog TLDR: Pull the pgautoupgrade Docker...
Comparing CI/CD Tools
This article was originally published on the Shipyard Blog Continuous integration (CI) pipelines,...
How to Source Test Data
This article was originally published on the Shipyard Blog Crafting a good test dataset can be an...
Choosing Between Docker Compose and Kubernetes For Local Dev
This was originally published on the Shipyard Blog When choosing between using Kubernetes and...
How To: Build and Run a Yarn Project with Docker
Are you new to Docker and Docker Compose? There probably isn’t an easier place to start Dockerizing...
How to Containerize Your Docusaurus (And Why You Should)
This post was originally published on the Shipyard Blog Containerizing your project’s...
Why won't Docker install on my older Mac? Your macOS is probably too old
This post was originally published on the Shipyard blog A few days ago, I tried manually...
GitHub Action Recipes: Building and Pushing Docker Images to a Container Registry
TLDR: This GitHub Actions workflow builds a Docker image, tags it, and pushes it to one of three...
How To: Run An OSS Wordle Clone With Docker Compose
Wordle took the internet by storm after its release in late 2021. For many, it’s still a morning...
Shipyard CLI Plug-in Released
We have just released the local CLI feature, allowing anyone to access their Shipyard account...