#Devops

Harden a Fresh Linux VPS in 30 Minutes: SSH Keys, UFW, and Fail2ban

Lock down a brand-new Ubuntu 22.04 server before you deploy anything: disable password logins, firewall every unused port, and auto-ban brute-force attackers.

Tutorial · 1d ago0

Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring Arrives with New Platform Strategy

The anniversary release marks a decade of self-hosted collaboration with a renewed focus on ecosystem developers.

Release · 3d ago0

Scan Your Containers and Dependencies for CVEs with Trivy in CI

Wire Trivy into GitHub Actions to automatically block pull requests that introduce critical or high vulnerabilities in your Docker images or dependency files.

Tutorial · 3d ago0

Preventing Overlapping Tasks in Laravel Scheduler

Learn how to protect your production Laravel applications from race conditions and duplicate executions caused by overlapping scheduled tasks.

Article · 3d ago0

Docker Compose vs Kubernetes: What Do You Actually Need?

A pragmatic guide to choosing the right container orchestration tool without drowning in unnecessary operational complexity.

Article · 3d ago0

Eyes Open, Vulnerabilities Shipping: The AI Code Security Paradox

A Checkmarx survey of 2,350 developers and security leaders finds 70% believe AI-generated code is more vulnerable — and nearly a third ship it to production anyway. The tools exist. The process doesn't.

Article · 5d ago0

Zero-Downtime Deploys for a Production Web App

Ship new versions of a Kubernetes web app with zero dropped requests using correct health probes, rolling and blue-green strategies, and backward-compatible expand/contract database migrations.

Tutorial · 5d ago0

Deploy a Container to the Cloud with Google Cloud Run

Containerize a Node.js service, push it to Artifact Registry, and ship it to Cloud Run with a public HTTPS URL, env vars, secrets, and HTTP health checks.

Tutorial · 5d ago0

Setting Up Docker Desktop on Your Mac

Install Docker Desktop on macOS, run your first containers, and learn how images differ from containers — with the right setup for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Tutorial · 6d ago1

Stop Hardcoding Secrets: Environment Variables Done Right

Move credentials out of your source code with .env hygiene, per-environment config, and a secrets manager — using patterns that work in any language.

Tutorial · 6d ago0

Set Up a CI Pipeline with GitHub Actions

Build a GitHub Actions workflow that installs dependencies, lints, and tests on every push and pull request — complete with dependency caching, a build matrix, and a live status badge.

Tutorial · 6d ago0

Dockerize a Web App: From Dockerfile to docker compose

Build a production-ready multi-stage Dockerfile for a Node.js API, wire it to a PostgreSQL database with docker compose, and run the whole stack locally with volumes and env files.

Tutorial · 6d ago0

Connect to Your Production Server Securely from Your Dev Machine

Stop typing passwords and raw IP addresses. Set up SSH key authentication, a clean ~/.ssh/config with host aliases and jump hosts, and agent forwarding done safely.

Tutorial · 6d ago0

Stop Leaking Secrets: A Developer's Practical Guide to Environment Variables and Secrets Management

Bots scan GitHub for API keys within minutes of a push. Here's the minimum-viable strategy every developer needs to keep credentials out of version control, logs, and error messages.

Tutorial · 6d ago0