The world of dev containers is constantly changing. Sometimes, even with community-driven specifications, there is a bit of room for interpretation. The initializeCommand lifecycle script is a great example of this, and the specification has been updated to align with the implementations. Learn how this affects your dev containers (and why your scripts should always be idempotent).

Ever wondered why some numbers never seem to add up? Or why adding 0.1 and 0.2 doesn’t exactly equal 0.3 in JavaScript? Or why adding two numbers sometimes gives an unexpected value with floats and doubles in C# and Java? It’s time to understand floating point numbers and the magic that makes them operate.

What’s the best way to test drivers or deployments using GitHub Actions? Today we explore why you shouldn’t run your pipeline on the system under test.

Whether you’re dealing with bad credentials or connectivity issues, there are a few tricks with Git that can make it easier to understand what’s happening. This post will dive into features of Git that you can use for understanding the credential flow and troubleshooting problems.

Sometimes you just need a little human interaction. And sometimes you need that to happen when you’re starting up a dev container so you can configure the environment. Thankfully, there is a way to get user input that works with most of the dev container implementations.