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10 Mastering Docker from Scratch Advanced Dockerfile instructions: ARG, ENV, ENTRYPOINT and more
Understand once and for all the difference between ARG and ENV, ENTRYPOINT and CMD, and what HEALTHCHECK, VOLUME and EXPOSE actually do in your Dockerfiles.
30 Mastering Git from scratch Pull Requests and code review: how to make your code easy to review
A Pull Request is not just the mechanism to merge code — it's a conversation. Learn to write PRs that people actually want to review and give feedback that builds instead of blocks.
29 Mastering Git from scratch GitHub Flow: the workflow for teams that ship continuously
GitHub Flow strips branching down to the essentials: one stable branch, short-lived feature branches, Pull Requests for review, and deploy after every merge.
7 AI for Developers The art of the prompt: core principles
Same model, same day, thirty seconds apart — two completely different answers depending on how you frame the question. Here's the RCTF framework and why it changes everything.
10 Learn to code from scratch with Python List methods in Python: append, remove, and list comprehensions
A list you can't modify is just a tuple with extra steps. Learn to add, remove, and transform elements with the most important list methods — and write your first list comprehensions.
9 Mastering Docker from Scratch Multi-stage builds in Docker: smaller, cleaner images
Learn to use multi-stage builds in Docker to separate the build environment from the runtime environment, with real Go and Node.js examples that shrink images from hundreds of megabytes down to a handful.
8 Mastering Docker from Scratch Dockerfile Best Practices: Security
Build secure Docker images: avoid running as root, scan for vulnerabilities with Trivy, pin versions the right way, and manage secrets without baking them into your image.
28 Mastering Git from scratch Git Flow: a workflow for managing releases
Git Flow formalizes the branch prefixes you already know into a structured process: permanent main and develop branches, plus temporary branches for features, releases, and hotfixes.
27 Mastering Git from scratch Branch naming conventions in Git
How to name branches so your team understands at a glance what they contain, which ticket they map to, and when it's safe to delete them.
6 Mastering Vim from Scratch Visual mode in Vim: select, operate, own it
Visual mode isn't 'using the keyboard like a mouse'. It's a three-variant tool with direct operations and a block mode that simulates multiple cursors with zero plugins.
9 Learn to code from scratch with Python Lists in Python: your first data structure
A single variable can only hold one value. Lists hold as many as you need — and let you access, slice, and iterate over them with almost no ceremony.
7 Mastering Docker from Scratch Dockerfile Best Practices: Layer Caching and Efficiency
Learn how Docker's layer caching system works, how to order Dockerfile instructions for fast builds, and which base image to choose for lean, efficient images.