@antoniolofiego
Cloud, Software and Data Professional - AWS Community Builder
I am a cloud-first software engineer and data professional, originally from Italy, but I moved to the US in 2016. With my blog, I want to provide digestible overviews of complex topics related to cloud computing, data engineering, and software development, as well as document my journey into tech as an immigrant without a formal CS background.
I enjoy working on Open-Source projects and building communities centered on making tech accessible to everyone. I love playing Tetris with my fiancee, I am a slightly above average movie buff, and I like to think about myself as a home chef.
Full-time DevOps and Cloud Engineering roles in US
I had a few extremely busy weeks so I couldn't find time to write the follow-up yet, but I will cover Docker Compose in my next installment! I'll definitely read your article when it's available :)
Thank you so much, glad you appreciate it! And thanks for sharing the link, I actually planned on making a companion article sometime in the coming week talking about best practices when Dockerfiles with a few examples!
Thank you so much for the feedback! Let me address your points one by one: Some common examples of Type-1 Hypervisors are Microsoft Hyper-V, Intel/Linux Xen, and VMWare ESXi. I did not want to gloss over VMs too much as, in and of itself, it's a topic worth its own article. The Dockerfile and a lot more topics related to the hands-on aspects of building and running containers are in Part two of this guide! I did mention fully private Docker Registries when linking to the Registry's image. Most commercial options are still based on Docker's Registry image! Also, to mention the meme/GIF comment, I understand your point. The goal of this article is less to be a guide and more to spark a little bit of interest in a Docker newbie. In my experience, a lot of the entry-level courses are dry, unrelatable, and tend to scare away beginners, making them believe that these are topics way out of their league. If I, as a barely-average tech person, can explain them in a fun, relatable way, be it through the use of hand-drawn GIFs or a meme that might be stuck in your head, that barrier might be seen as less impassable, and new Docker users might start to understand the other, much more professional and structured guides and tutorials. That is my take on using less-than-professional visualizations in an otherwise technical article, and I hope that you might see the benefit as I am striving to pass it along :)
I happened to have started writing this article even before checking the RFAs, but I was definitely glad to discover that it was already a really requested topic. Guess I got lucky! Glad you liked and excited to publish the next installment in a few days!
Vivek Agrawal It might sound basic, but the official documentation really goes a long way. It might be a little bit dry to read, but if you are interested in getting deep into it, it is a gold mine. I will continue making digestible (and illustrated) tutorials over the coming weeks, and I'll go as deep as necessary to be a competent user. I also plan to make some side-note articles where I try to explain to the best of my capabilities some of the more low-level concepts, but the main focus of this series is accessibility!