Creating a dotfiles repo

Your zshrc on one computer is different than the next. Don’t do that. Create a repo called “dotfiles” and put your zshrc, vimrc, and other quality of life dot files into a version controlled home. Now when you make improvements, you can pull down and iterate on every computer.

Docker Beginner Tutorial

Let’s assume you are sold on Docker – you need and love Docker. How is it used? On your computer:– install docker (docker desktop is most popular, podman is gaining ground) – develop an application adjusting your Dockerfile– use Dockerfile to build a “image” – a portable package of your app– test locally by running…

Why Docker? Most servers run Linux

Imagine a world where most servers run Linux. A little bit of chaos In this same world (the real world), developers build software on personal computers that run many different operating systems – Mac, Windows, wacky new forks of Linux. For developers to deploy their software, someone must SSH into a server, install dependencies, run…

Downloading postgres with brew

How to install postgres What is happening? ^ is this more readable outside the code block? So by default, psql automatically tries to connect to– a postgres role also named after your username– a database also named after your username When you install and initialize Postgres via Homebrew:It sets up:– A data directory where all…

Notes: LLM Engineers Handbook

I love mind mapping. It helps arrange and rearrange new information so a brief glance is enough to spur the memory of the content. Chapter 2 goes over tooling and setting up the books companion repository. Chapter 3 goes over the Data Engineering workflow with emphasis on chapter 5