Ken Muse
Using the Docker Cache for Faster Builds
There’s more than one way to make your builds fast. When working with Docker, sometimes the easiest way is to use the built-in cache!

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Waiting for Docker Compose Up
Getting a container running isn’t good enough. You need to know it’s healthy and ready for requests. Today we learn how to get Docker Compose to wait…

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Forcing Dev Containers To Use AMD64
Loving your new Apple Silicon based Mac, but need to force the container to be AMD64? There’s a hack for that…

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Marking Workspaces Safe with Dotfiles
There are many ways to automate the process of marking directories as “safe” to avoid the “detected dubious ownership in repository” message. Last week, I discussed how to modify the devcontainer.json. This week, let’s see an alternative using Dotfiles.

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Avoiding Dubious Ownership in Dev Containers
It’s always best to run containers with the least privileges required. Unfortunately, that may result in Git operations that fail with the message “detected dubious ownership in repository”. The trick to eliminating this is quite simple …

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