For many years in a row I used to have a VirtualBox machine where I concentrated all my development tools. But now with Windows 10 much more stable than previous versions and docker fully available to create development containers, I decided to switch back to Windows + WLS (Windows Linux Subsystem) + Docker for my […]
WHY to use and HOW TO INSTALL a virtual environment on your new Python project, step by step. Easy way to use pip freeze to have your environment easy to replicate.
Docker is essential nowadays if you want to pack your applications and not depend on anything from the host machine. Actually, this a good practice when creating containers. There are many ways to deploy a Docker container and one of those ways is to run the container inside a virtual machine (VM). I am doing […]
Docker is a tool every developer should use. It makes a lot easier to create a development environment. Actually, it makes easier to create many different environments in the same machine at the same time. There is no turning back to the old style programming when you start using docker (or similar tools) in your project. […]
I decided to prioritize items related to site performance in my huge list of pending tasks. When evaluating how much work each site would take, I ended up discovering that update my websites from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.2 would actually be a low hanging fruit! It turned out that I would only have to […]
