Docker from Scratch: Advanced Dockerfile Patterns
Conditional builds with ARG, health checks, cross-platform images, linting, and other Dockerfile patterns for production use.
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Docker from Scratch: Speed Up Builds With Caching and BuildKit
Use layer caching, BuildKit cache mounts, and parallel stages to make your Docker builds faster.
Docker from Scratch: Secure Your Containers With Non-Root Users
Run containers as non-root users, choose minimal base images, and keep secrets out of your Docker layers.
Docker from Scratch: Shrink Your Images With Multi-Stage Builds
Use multi-stage Dockerfiles to separate build tooling from your runtime image, cutting image size by 90% or more.
Docker from Scratch: Writing Your First Dockerfile
Learn Dockerfile basics — FROM, COPY, RUN, CMD — and build your first container image.
How We Got DDEV, Laravel, and a Go API Talking: The Sidecar Approach
Run a Go API as a DDEV sidecar so Laravel in the web container can call it by service name, with one shared secret for signed requests.
Setting Up a Dev Container in VS Code
Learn how to set up and use Dev Containers in Visual Studio Code for consistent, isolated development environments.