In-depth tutorials, guides, and thoughts about infrastructure and automation.
Brett Weir • 5 min read • Part of the Dockerfile idioms series
Mar 2, 2023 — Learn how to make your Debian-based containers dramatically smaller without having to switch to another base image.
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Follow along as I automate Lighthouse for the first time
Feb 5, 2023 — If you want to really understand how something works, you gotta spend some time with it. Let's see what it would take to create our own Lighthouse CI/CD, without using the packaged solution.
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Automate Inkscape image exports in CI
Jan 6, 2023 — We'll walk you through creating an Inkscape container to run in CI jobs, and prove that you can automate just about anything with a command line interface.
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Overcome Docker Hub rate limiting and improve resilience
Dec 28, 2022 — Docker Hub limits the rate at which you can pull container images. Here's how you can use GitLab's built-in image proxy to get around these limits.
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