Running a multi-arch cluster with Rancher/Docker
Just a heads up — this no longer works! We’ll have to go back to the drawing board to update. I just bought three raspberry pi’s to attempt to cheaply increase the capacity of my…
Husband + Dad + Docker + WP + Hugo == this
A lot of people think I don’t like Docker, and I’m here to tell you that’s not true. In fact, I feel like a magician about to show his huge magic trick of the show.…
Docker Compose will publish your source code for free in Docker 1.12
Super big notice! Docker has fixed this, as noted in their awesome comment. Leaving the original contents around for now, thanks Docker!
Rewrites Are Dangerous
I don’t think I’m the first one to ever say this, but rewriting software is perhaps one of the most risky things you can do in a project, not to mention a business. They’re risky…
Scalability and WordPress (In Theory)
When I first started down the path to the Clam project, I realized I could get sub-second responses when the db/cache/php/nginx were all collocated on the same machine. It literally removes almost all network effects.…
Stop thinking about databases and infrastructure
I’ve been playing with Microsoft’s Service Fabric the last couple of days and getting the gist of it. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s ok. I’m about to tell you all about it.
Abandon Ship: Why I’m Leaving Docker
After a year of getting deep into Docker, and just about every orchestration service from Docker Cloud, to Kubernetes, to Mesos, to Rancher, to Triton, to Open Shift, to ECS, and on and on ……
Yet Another Rabbit Hole
I feel like I’ve talked about this before. But, I’m going to talk about it again, because it is relevant.
Dockerized WordPress With Delectable Press
Dockerizing WordPress is no trivial task. My goal is for a multi-tenant setup — some being single sites, some being networks. The ability to “mutate” the application (ie, install plugins/themes) without actually mutating anything but…
Why Docker (The Not So Cliche Post)
A year ago I set out to make WordPress super scalable. Not that the WordPress.com guys aren’t doing a good enough job or anything, but just because… Because WordPress is a great platform to build…