OK, you wanted a conversation… :-)

I did read the post, but I assumed it was the starting point of a system or mechanism, not the end-point. Wanting to just run “docker compose up” is fine, but there is more to developing and deploying to production (and continuing post-launch).

That’s why I mentioned the CLI. It lets you go from a simple local app (Django on sqlite) to a Docker one (postgres, celery, redis, etc.), to all the way out to the cloud (ECS/EKS/serverless lambda/RDS), without having to remember what commands do what or managing lots of separate docker-compose files.

I can see we are VERY far apart on how docker should be used in moving toward a production-ready system.

For one thing, recommending putting secrets inside docker-compose is an instantly disqualifying piece of advice. There’s a whole ‘secrets’ section of docker compose that is there to prevent people from inadvertently including those in cleartext and baking them into images: https://docs.docker.com/compose/how-tos/use-secrets/.

Github itself has a secret scanning mechanism to prevent leakage: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/secret-scanning/introduction/about-secret-scanning. For gitlab, there’s also Blackbox or HashiCorp vault. Putting AWS key/secret inside a repo can be VERY expensive and open one to legal liability if the account is misused. Repeated infractions could lead to AWS banning one’s account.

I really recommend you take down that part of your post, instead of proliferating bad practices.

As for the rest, to each their own.

Good stuff.

A few things I’d change:

• A CLI to simplify local vs docker vs cloud operations. Reduces chance of operator error. Have had good luck with python click library.
• Moving config settings into separate JSON and .env files to avoid loading too many config and secrets in the docker-compose file.
• For AWS, I’d go with CDK. That way, cloud deployment is all in python (or typescript).
• For cloud, you can also package Django into a single lambda, with dependencies inside a lambda layer. Not sure I’d use it in heavy production, but for small apps, really handy.
• Inside Django settings, you can switch DB and services whether running local (sqlite, Redis), docker (postgres, RabbitMQ), or cloud (RDS, SQS).

This could be big. The fact that it’s sub-dollar, open-source, AND could be put on FlexPCBs opens up a whole lot of applications.

Only concern is the same as for RFID. They end up so cheap they’re tossed into landfills or end up in waterways without a second thought. At least there, people are working on biodegradable solutions: https://bioplasticsnews.com/2020/01/12/stora-enso-sustainable-rfid-tag/

If the Flex-RV people address sustainability, they could have a real winner.

The witness, later that day.

One Docker env variable and one line of code. Not a heavy lift, really. And next time I shell into the container I don’t need to remind everyone to activate the venv.

Creating a venv in Docker just for the hell of it is like creating a symlink to something that never changes or moves.

I can think of only two reasons to have a venv inside a container:

• If you’re running third-party services inside a container, pinned to different Python versions.

• If you do local development without docker and scripts that have to activate the venv from inside the script. If you move the scripts inside the container, now you don’t have a venv. But then it’s easy to just check an environment variable and skip, if inside Docker.

For most applications, it seems like an unnecessary extra step.

A few jobs ago, everyone hated the tech stack. The people who had come up with it had long left. I talked to everyone, then came up with a plan to transition to a modern stack. Got buy-in from management.

Half the people (and all who had said they hated the status quo) threatened to quit if we made the change.

Fortunately, it was just in time to collect the 1-year retention bonus. Life’s too short. Walked away.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good

Installed RabbitMQ for use in Python Celery (for task queue and crontab). Was pleasantly surprised it also offered MQTT support.

Was originally planning on using a third-party, commercial combo websocket/push notification service. But between RabbitMQ/MQTT with websockets and Firebase Cloud Messaging, I’m getting all of it: queuing, MQTT pubsub, and cross-platform push, all for free. 🎉

It all runs nicely in Docker and when time to deploy and scale, trust RabbitMQ more since it has solid cluster support.

Since nobody’s brought it up: MQTT.

It got pigeonholed into IoT world, but it’s a pretty decent event pubsub system. It has lots lf security/encryption options, plus a websocket layer, so you can use it anywhere from devices, to mobile, to web.

As of late last year, RabbitMQ started suporting it as a supported server add-on, so it’s easy to use it to create scalable, event-based systems, including for multiuser games.

As long as he hauls a kitchen sink to every cabinet meeting…

The impression I had was thst subinterpreters could be launched from the python side. This writeup implies you need to write a C extension to make use of it.

Will have to do more research…

Nice writeup! Be good if, at some point, they covered how threading and multiprocessing impacts opcode processing, especially when it comes to those globals.

She said she would sign the bipartisan immigration bill, even though larded with a ton of bullshit, including ‘the wall’ as a portion. And the headline is “She flip-flopped and wants to build Trump’s wall?”

Hack journalism at its best.

Funny story: when SO first started, started answering questions in domains I had experience in. The gamification was fun. After a year, questions got repetitive, so stopped.

A few years later. Googling a tech question. Top answer. Checked. Looks good.

Scroll down. It’s my own answer from way back when.

First time I felt old.

If starting out: on web, Python and Typescript will take you far. On mobile, Swift and Kotlin. On Windows/Mac, C# and Swift. You’re on your own for Linux desktop.

Excellent domain name!

What about the frunk? Might have to corkscrew them in a bit.

I hear you can stick a cooler in there too… good way to keep the organs fresh.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s-t0627-vaccine-recommendations.html

The new, updated vaccines won’t be out till Fall. How are we supposed to stay ‘current?’