Solving Problems Using Code
As a learning exercise, I migrated all my side projects to Kubernetes. I was using Fluent Bit to forward application container logs to my ElasticSearch instance.
Everything was working as expected, but the cluster was starting to get expensive. DigitalOcean Kubernetes is competitively priced, but paying $80/month to run …
Posted by Aly Sivji in Quick Hits
The paradox of choice in Python packaging tools makes dependency management more complex than it needs to be. In this Quick Hit, we will explore Python dependency management and demonstrate an easy-to-implement workflow to generate reproducible environments.
Note: this article assumes familiarity with virtual environments.
We use dependency management …
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
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I started a new job as a Mathematician / Software Engineer at a Chicago-based healthcare startup in October. It's my first proper development job and I could not be more excited.
I get paid to write code. It's pretty awesome …
Posted by Aly Sivji in Quick Hits
Even though my development folders are well organized, I still have to feel my way around the filesystem when I'm looking for a project directory. It's like trying to find a lightswitch in a dark room: a cd here, an ls there, maybe a find when I'm stuck.
I always …
I love using the Command Line; it's my favourite part of programming. It wasn't always this way. I used to worry that the commands I entered would destory the delicate equilibrium where everything just worked. Would this be the pip install that ended it all?
Enter virtual environments.
A virtual …