Blog - page 6

Programmatically Commit to Gitlab via Node.js
2022-08-27T00:00:00.000Z 27th August 2022

Programmatically Commit to Gitlab via Node.js

Committing to a Gitlab repository programmatically, can be achieved with a NPM package and a few lines of Javascript

Gitlab Node
Love Film & Cinema
2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th August 2022

Love Film & Cinema

Gone are the times where you would get a film in the post - how do we remove choice paralysis and actually watch a film?

General Ramblings
Add Netlify CMS to an existing 11ty site
2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z 29th July 2022

Add Netlify CMS to an existing 11ty site

Learn to add Netlify CMS to an existing 11ty site to make editing your posts easier

11ty Eleventy Netlify
Version constraints in JSON files
2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z 22nd July 2022

Version constraints in JSON files

NPM and Composer have different syntax for version constraints which tripped me up recently

Composer NPM
Upgrading 11ty from 0.12 to 1.0
2022-06-10T00:00:00.000Z 10th June 2022

Upgrading 11ty from 0.12 to 1.0

This blog has been running on 11ty for 2 years. With version 1.0 being released at the beginning of 2022, I thought it about time I upgraded

11ty
How I improved the speed of Docker builds in Gitlab CI
2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z 8th June 2022

How I improved the speed of Docker builds in Gitlab CI

I reduced our Gitlab CI powered Docker build by 80% - taking it more than 15 minutes to around 3 minutes to build and push with these steps

Docker Gitlab Gitlab CI
Creating a Docusaurus docker image for consistent rendering of your documentation
2022-05-30T00:00:00.000Z 30th May 2022

Creating a Docusaurus docker image for consistent rendering of your documentation

Sharing configuration for a documentation framework keeps a lot of noise out of your project repository. This blog explains how we use a Docker image to reduce the friction in writing and displaying documentation

Docker Gitlab CI Gitlab
New Apple computer set up
2022-05-20T00:00:00.000Z 20th May 2022

New Apple computer set up

What steps do I go through when setting up a new computer?

General
Add custom repositories for composer to pull from
2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z 13th May 2022

Add custom repositories for composer to pull from

This post covers several main types of custom composer repositories and how to use them

Composer
Creating a multi-stage Docker build to make your images smaller
2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z 11th February 2022

Creating a multi-stage Docker build to make your images smaller

During the build of a Docker image you may need to step through several stages. Using a multi-build helps keep the end result smaller in size.

Docker DevOps