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).

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.

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.

Ever needed to automate creating an Azure Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) application and federating it with GitHub? With just a little PowerShell, you can!

Continuing the discussion from last week, here are a few additional recommendations that can improve your ability to manage and scale your ARC deployments.