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Five Ways to Spice Up Your Bash Command Prompt

With these tools, you'll be able to delve deeper and customize your Bash prompt to just how you like it.

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Docker Volumes: Why, When, and Which Ones?

Docker volumes are used to persist data from within a Docker container. I'll explain when and why to use host, anonymous, and named volumes in Docker.

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Why Z Shell Is the Best Choice for Beginners

If you’re just learning to use the shell, try Zsh. It has lots of customizatin options, built-in spelling correction, auto-completion, syntax-highlighting, loadable modules, and gl

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A Gentle Introduction to Local Development with Docker Compose

The basic building blocks of using docker and docker-compose for local development (using php, apache, and mysql as examples).

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Getting More Space in Your VMware Fusion Windows Virtual Machine

If you're running out of space in your VMware Fusion Windows virtual machine, there's good news—it's relatively easy to get more space when you need it.

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The Case for Build Definitions as Code

Including build definitions in your code repository gives you cleaner build definitions, smoother workflows, and an easier path to building old code.

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Handling an AWS NAT Gateway Implicit Dependency with Terraform

Terraform handles most dependencies automatically, but can miss implicit dependencies. Learn how to define an EC2 instance's dependence on a NAT Gateway.

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Moving Task Groups to YAML Builds in Azure DevOps

Task groups in Azure DevOps Pipelines can be difficult to move to YAML builds. Here's my guide for making the transition smoothly.

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Creating Amplify Email Campaigns in JavaScript

The process for setting up Pinpoint endpoints with Amplify isn’t ideal since you have to use the Pinpoint SDK, but it is possible. I'll walk you through it.

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Creating Custom CloudWatch Alarms for AWS Lambdas

Setting up alarms based on AWS Lambda events isn’t straightforward. CloudWatch logs can create alarms to notify you when unexpected behavior occurs.

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Pattern Matching without Regex! – Introducing the Rosie Pattern Language

An overview to the Rosie Pattern Language, an alternative to regular expressions that's easier to understand, easier to maintain, and much faster.

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Docker run -it & Other Command Line Tips for Beginners

Review of Docker's basic terminology with 4 useful ways (e.g., docker run -it) to leverage the Docker command-line interface to interact with & manage containers.

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