Today I Learned (TIL)

That it’s possible to attach a shell to a running container via the DevContainer Visual Studio Code extension
How to run a local Kubernetes cluster in a Lima VM with Colima

Today I Learned (April 22, 2024)

Today is Monday, April the 22, 2024 and today I learned …

How to create a dev container with odo and Devfile on a local Kubernetes cluster

Today I Learned (April 21, 2024)

Today is Sunday, April the 21, 2024 and today I learned …

How to use custom Dev Containers with Visual Studio Code Dev Containers extension

Today I Learned (April 18, 2024)

Today is Thursday, April the 18, 2024 and today I learned …

How to enable remote development with SSH on a Dev Container

Today I Learned (April 12, 2024)

Today is Friday, April the 12, 2024 and today I learned …

How to minimalize the size of Docker files containing Python executables, using Pip --user install, multi-stage Docker image builds, and minimal Python installations

Today I Learned (April 11, 2024)

Today is Thursday, April the 11, 2024 and today I learned …

It’s possible to write multiline RUN commands using heredoc syntax

Today I Learned (April 09, 2024)

Today is Tuesday, April the 09, 2024 and today I learned …

That you can fake running on the main branch in GitLab CI/CD by setting CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
Arq backup to NAS requires a correct UNC path

Today I Learned (April 08, 2024)

Today is Monday, April the 08, 2024 and today I learned …

How to view DICOM medical imaging files in macOS
How to export local environment modifications in Nushell
That it’s possible to refactor rule conditions in GitLab CI/CD using the custom !reference tag

Today I Learned (April 07, 2024)

Today is Sunday, April the 07, 2024 and today I learned …

How to read DICOM medical imaging file metadata

Today I Learned (April 05, 2024)

Today is Friday, April the 05, 2024 and today I learned …

How to package a Python application using Pyinstaller utilising virtual environments

Today I Learned (April 04, 2024)

Today is Thursday, April the 04, 2024 and today I learned …

That pip may also be installed using the ensurepip module bundle with Python
How to install pip when using the ppa:deadsnakes/ppa repo for apt to install Python 3.12

Today I Learned (April 02, 2024)

Today is Tuesday, April the 02, 2024 and today I learned …

How to build and load a local image into a KIND cluster

Today I Learned (April 01, 2024)

Today is Monday, April the 01, 2024 and today I learned …

That I can use custom templates with the Obsidian Daily Notes plug in
How to use qualified module imports in Nushell

Today I Learned (March 30, 2024)

Today is Saturday, March the 30, 2024 and today I learned …

That GitLab container scanning does not by default support linux/arm64 images.
How missing image digests while using docker buildx build may be fixed

Today I Learned (March 28, 2024)

Today is Thursday, March the 28, 2024 and today I learned …

That GitLab CI/CD variable string interpolation expressions only cover a subset of BASH

Today I Learned (March 27, 2024)

Today is Wednesday, March the 27, 2024 and today I learned …

How to define a specific shell to run RUN scripts in a Dockerfile
How to dynamically load config from a .env file during docker build
How to always get output from a Dockerfile RUN directive
How to run multiple container scanning jobs via the GitLab container_scanning template

Today I Learned (March 26, 2024)

Today is Tuesday, March the 26, 2024 and today I learned …

That it’s possible to install specific versions of a package with apt
That AI may be making your code worse (StackOverflow podcast)

Today I Learned (March 25, 2024)

Today is Monday, March the 25, 2024 and today I learned …

How to install Python 3.12 via the ppa:deadsnakes repo
How to install pip with the get-pip.py script
How to run pre-commit checks in a pipeline for the latest commit
How to build ARM64 images on an X86 machine