There are 5 articles written in January, 2018

Docker nginx host not found in upstream error

on January 30, 2018. in Development, Software. A 3 minute read.

I’ve been toying around with Docker for the past couple of days, mostly to learn more about it, to understand it better. I just didn’t bother with it until now.

Mockery partial mocks

on January 28, 2018. in Programming, Development. A 3 minute read.

In dealing with legacy code I often come across some class that extends a big base abstract class, and the methods of that class call methods on that big base abstract class that do an awful lot of things. I myself have written such classes and methods in the past. Live and learn.

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Build and run Golang projects in VS Code

on January 24, 2018. in Programming, Software, Development. A 3 minute read.

I’ve been using VS Code for my Golang development needs for a few months now. Minor kinks here and there, nothing serious, and the development experience gets better with every update. I have also tried out IntelliJ Idea as the editor, and one feature that I’m missing in Code from Idea is the build-run-reload process. I thought to myself, that’s such a basic feature, it should be possible to have that.

Static web pages in Hugo

on January 24, 2018. in Blablabla, Software. A 2 minute read.

Last week I created a page on this site that holds all the talks I have prepared for meetups and conferences. As this site is powered by Hugo, the process wasn’t that straightforward. I want to write down the steps I did to make it easier in the future.

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Free the Geek interview

on January 12, 2018. in Blablabla. A 1 minute read.

Last year (feels weird to say “last year”, when it was less than a month ago) Matthew asked me if I’d be willing to appear as a guest on his Free the Geek podcast. To have a short chat about running my own software consultancy, freelancing, public speaking, and whatever else pops up.

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