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mkdev.me
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mkdev.me is the company blog at mkdev.me, writing about programming and systems. Since 2016, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 56 times, most often “Dockerless: Which tools to replace Docker with and why”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link mkdev posts on Dockerless container tools such as Podman, and mention the author's free ebook and tutorial posts. Freelance writers also cite its posts as work samples.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
mkdev is a DevOps, Public Cloud and Cloud Native Consulting based in Munich, Germany. We offer consulting services, workshops and audits to customers all over the world.
Most-linked posts?
- Dockerless: Which tools to replace Docker with and why4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-05-27
- How to Send SMS Messages with AWS Lambda, SNS and Python 32 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-06-03
- Services for Online Education Startup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-15
- Runc: The tool that runs your containers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-24
- How to Create an API with Django2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-01
- How Russia's government blocked our business – and how we dealt with it2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-23
- Processing Background Jobs on AWS: Cost of Lambda vs. ECS vs. ECS Fargate2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-24
- How to use Query Objects to refactor Rails SQL-queries2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-16
What Hacker News says?
I made a platform where people can hire a mentor to learn programming (ruby/rails, frontend, devops, big data). I've focused on mentorship with a per-week payment, so not a 1hour tutor or 15min "solve concrete task" service, but a real, long-term mentor dedicated to sharing all the knowledge with students. Initial customers base grew from the free ebook I wrote and various blog posts available on the website. Lots o…
Comment linking /en
on “Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?”Submitted Maintaining code quality when nobody cares as a story · 314 points
HN discussionContainers Without Docker: https://dzone.com/articles/containers-with-out-docker Dockerless: https://mkdev.me/en/posts/dockerless-part-1-which-tools-to-r... https://dzone.com/articles/dockerless-part-1-which-tools-to-... What's funny is, Docker is only actually useful because of how many features it has, all its supported platforms, all its bloat. You won't ever be totally satisfied with any alternative because it t…
Comment linking /en/posts/dockerless-part-1-which-tools-to-replace-docker-with-and-why
on “Dissatisfied with Docker”Submitted How and why we moved to Vue.js as a story · 233 points
HN discussion> Why should I spend money on not using Docker in 2019? You should use what works for you - ultimately you know your context and circumstances better and you can make the decisions that affect you/your team better than any of us. HN is not an indicator of industry trends, but more of a set of interesting articles and viewpoints that come together, though you will often see authors and commenters pushing hard in cert…
Comment linking /en/posts/dockerless-part-1-which-tools-to-replace-docker-with-and-why
on “Dockerless, part 3: Moving development environment to containers with Podman”Submitted Deep dive into runc and OCI specifications as a story · 102 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | REMOTE | Technical Content Writing I write programming tutorials and other technical content to help your company's blog, email list, or other publication deliver fresh, original, and quality content. Contact philip@kiely.xyz Recent work: An article for FloydHub: https://blog.floydhub.com/introduction-to-genetic-algorithms... An article for mkdev: https://mkdev.me/en/posts/how-to-send-sms-messages-wit…
Comment linking /en/posts/how-to-send-sms-messages-with-aws-lambda-sns-and-python-3
on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (June 2019)”Submitted Dockerless, part 3: Moving development environment to containers with Podman as a story · 96 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - Remote (Based in USA) Technical Writer && Content Editor Do you need engaging, original content for your blog or publication? Documentation for your favorite new internal API? A serious revision of your website's copy? I am a programmer and writer looking for projects writing and editing technical and business content. I also do audio and video. Most recent work: https://mkdev.me/en/posts/how-to-creat…
Comment linking /en/posts/how-to-create-an-api-with-django
on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (May 2019)”Submitted How to use Query Objects to refactor Rails SQL-queries as a story · 56 points
HN discussionOCI Container Runtimes like OCI's runc are "container runtimes", so the runtime spec[2] Basically, docker started using lxc, but wanted a go native option, and wrote runc. If you look at [0] you can see how it actually instantiates the container. Here is a random blog that describes it fairly well [1] crun is the podman related project written in c, which is more efficient than the go based runc. You can try this ev…
Comment linking /posts/the-tool-that-really-runs-your-containers-deep-dive-into-runc-and-oci-specifications
on “What Has Docker Become?”Submitted Dockerless: Which tools to replace Docker with and why as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dockerless, part 2: how to build container image without Docker and Dockerfile as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Russia's government blocked our business – and how we dealt with it as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Services for Online Education Startup as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My company is using ChatGPT. Does the AI Act Literacy requirement apply to us? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is OpenTelemetry a right solution for mobile observability (with Hanson Ho) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Strategy Guide: How to Scale AI Across Your Business as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Write an Intercom Messenger App with Ruby on Rails as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Cover Django Application with Unit Tests as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Create an API with Django as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted All That’s Good About Rust, the New Programming Language as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What programming language to learn in 2019 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I wrote a book about Terraform in 3 months as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-education for Web Developers, free guide for beginners in programming as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Analysis of the USA Election of 2016 with Apache Spark GraphX and Neo4j as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Processing Background Jobs on AWS: Cost of Lambda vs. ECS vs. ECS Fargate as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interactors in Ruby On Rails as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thin and Maintainable Rails Mailers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Run a Python Script as a story · 2 points
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