Ken Muse
What Developers Should Know About Floating Point Numbers
Ever wondered why some numbers never seem to add up? Or why adding 0.1 and 0.2 doesn’t exactly equal 0.3 in JavaScript? Or why adding two numbers sometimes gives an unexpected value with floats and doubles in C# and Java? It’s time to understand floating point numbers and the magic that makes them operate.

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GitHub Actions and Monitoring

GitHub Actions and Monitoring

What’s the best way to test drivers or deployments using GitHub Actions? Today we explore why you shouldn’t run your pipeline on the system under test.

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Troubleshooting Git Authentication
Whether you’re dealing with bad credentials or connectivity issues, there are a few tricks with Git that can make it easier to understand what’s happening. This post will dive into features of Git that you can use for understanding the credential flow and troubleshooting problems.

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Mounting Files as Volumes

Mounting Files as Volumes

Part of mastering Kubernetes or containers is understanding how they work and how they interact with the host system. You’ve probably seen how to mount drives or folders into a containerized system, but there is another approach – mounting a file like a drive. This post will explore how to do this using a loop device in Linux.

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Understanding Container Image Layers
Working with containers, one concept that seems to always confuse developers and administrators is layers. Despite the elegance and simplicity of the design, they are still a black box to most teams. In this post, I’ll explain how they work conceptually and the basis of their implementation.

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