Hit Subscribe Digest, April '23

Networking with Docker Compose

Over on Architect’s blog, we’ve been collaborating on content that is thematically tied together by the idea of helping developers doing DevOps-y things do those things more efficiently.  For instance, here’s a post about how to accomplish networking with Docker Compose.

Data Compliance

Regulatory and compliance stuff is always fun, amirite?  In all seriousness, though, it’s an important issue both for enterprise organizations and for those who serve them and handle their data.  Check out this post from Enov8, about data compliance in detail.

First Input Delay

If you’re making a push to get right with Core Web Vitals, first input delay is one of the concerns that you need to address.  RequestMetrics has a guide for measuring and reasoning about first input delay.

DevOps and Testing

During the rise of the idea of DevOps culture, I was slowly working my way out of any kinds of hands on application development.  But I do still try to keep up with what’s going on there, and how companies adapt and evolve.  I found this treatment of the relationship between DevOps and testing to be interesting.

Slack as a Ticketing System

I found this pretty cool.  You can actually use Slack as a proper ticketing system.  I had no idea this was actually possible, and it’s good to know, especially as the strategy arm of our business grows to field more and more client questions and with more people involved than just me in answering them.