Sometimes scripting in containers just isn’t enough. We need modular, reusable components to create repeatable practices. We need to implement our first Feature.

One of the newest additions to the dev container specification is Features. Today I’ll explore the basics of the specification and how it lets you create reusable components for your dev containers.

Let’s get a bit crazy for 2023. In this post, we’ll see if we can run some Docker commands from inside our Alpine dev container using Docker-from-Docker and a bit of configuration.

Want to reduce how long it takes to get your Dev Container started? Take advantage of some advanced caching techniques!

There’s more than one way to make your builds fast. When working with Docker, sometimes the easiest way is to use the built-in cache!

Getting a container running isn’t good enough. You need to know it’s healthy and ready for requests. Today we learn how to get Docker Compose to wait…

Loving your new Apple Silicon based Mac, but need to force the container to be AMD64? There’s a hack for that…

There are many ways to automate the process of marking directories as “safe” to avoid the “detected dubious ownership in repository” message. Last week, I discussed how to modify the devcontainer.json. This week, let’s see an alternative using Dotfiles.

It’s always best to run containers with the least privileges required. Unfortunately, that may result in Git operations that fail with the message “detected dubious ownership in repository”. The trick to eliminating this is quite simple …

Did you know it’s possible to share your AWS credentials between your host computer and your Dev Containers? Once again we explore the power of using mounts in Dev Containers.