In this tutorial I’ll be walking you through you how to deploy an HTTPS microservice website using Kubernetes, Istio and Kubernetes cert-manager. This is part 1 of a two-part series. The first part takes you through the Kubernetes cluster setup, installing and configuring Istio on that cluster, and deploying your…

A few weeks ago, Apple announced MacOS 10.15 — Catalina. Along with this they also introduced a requirement to sign and notarize all .pkg .dmg, kexts, and Applications. Mac apps, installer packages, and kernel extensions that are signed with Developer ID must also be notarized by Apple in order to…

There are countless videos out there showing you how to make a single nested form. That is, a form that accepts two models. This tutorial is different in that it shows you how to make a 3+ nested form. Let’s get started. First, we’ll make a new rails app, $…

Note: This is the second and final installment of the RSpec — Getting Started series. If you haven’t read the first part, please go back (link) and read it before continuing. In the previous edition of “Getting Started with RSpec” we made a simple calculator with unit tests. …

Note: This is the first post of the Getting Started with RSpec tutorial. This tutorial is designed for novice Ruby programmers wanting to learn how to add automatic testing to their apps. TLDR: RSpec is a way of ensuring that your app does what you want it to do. There…

Few things in the world are more frustrating to a developer as when you push your code to Heroku, and it does not work. Why? Because you changed databases from SQLite3 to PostgreSQL. While writing my latest Ruby on Rails application, I ran into this problem when trying to migrate…

Getting off the ground can be difficult. All the new vocabulary, procedures, and the excitement of getting started in web development can be overwhelming. I’ve set up this tutorial to guide you through the installation process of Debian in a Virtual Machine (VM). Debian is a great choice for VM…

I get it. We’re all busy people. Working, commuting, eating, sleeping, relaxing, seeing friends and family, or having fun; they all take time. Where does learning to code fit into all of this? It doesn’t. Wait… what? You can’t find time to learn something new. You make time. Without specifically…

Today is the start of something new. Let me explain – At the start of each year I set one resolution that will take a year to complete. Last year, for example, I resolved to run 2016km (1252 miles). That’s 3.4 miles. Everyday. I met my goal. This year is…