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StevenACoffman / Docker Best Practices.md
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Docker Best Practices

Mistakes to Avoid: Docker Antipatterns

Whichever route you take to implementing containers, you’ll want to steer clear of common pitfalls that can undermine the efficiency of your Docker stack.

Don’t run too many processes inside a single container

The beauty of containers—and an advantage of containers over virtual machines—is that it is easy to make multiple containers interact with one another in order to compose a complete application. There is no need to run a full application inside a single container. Instead, break your application down as much as possible into discrete services, and distribute services across multiple containers. This maximizes flexibility and reliability.

Don’t install operating systems inside Docker containers

It is possible to install a complete Linux operating system inside a container. In most cases, however, this is not necessary. If your goal is to host just a single application or part of an application in the container, you need to install only the essential

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nuclearglow / convert-arraybuffer.js
Created January 26, 2018 10:30
ArrayBuffer <-> JSON <-> ArrayBuffer
// array buffer to JSON
const dataString JSON.stringify(Array.from(new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer)));
// send around
// JSON to ArrayBuffer
new Uint8Array(JSON.parse(dataString)).buffer
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d0x2f / .drone.yml
Last active August 17, 2021 22:18
.drone.yml example
workspace:
base: /build
pipeline:
dbnode1:
detach: true
image: mysql/mysql-cluster:7.5
commands:
- sleep 5
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christeredvartsen / master.yml
Created November 21, 2019 18:33
Commit back to the repository from a workflow
name: Commit from workflow
on:
push:
branches:
- master
paths-ignore:
- file.txt
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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m-radzikowski / script-template.sh
Last active January 27, 2025 07:00
Minimal safe Bash script template - see the article with full description: https://betterdev.blog/minimal-safe-bash-script-template/
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -Eeuo pipefail
trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM ERR EXIT
script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd -P)
usage() {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-v] [-f] -p param_value arg1 [arg2...]