Setup TimescaleDB with Docker Compose: A Step-by-Step Guide

This tutorial demonstrates how to set up and use TimescaleDB with Docker Compose, detailing prerequisites, installation steps, and basic operations including creating hypertables and querying data. It also covers running multiple PostgreSQL instances on different ports for simultaneous project management while maintaining system organization and resource efficiency. Continue reading →

Building a Container Image w/ jib-maven Build Plugin

The content is a tutorial on how to set up a GraphQL API project with Maven, using the jib-maven plugin. The process involves initial project setup using Spring Initializr and specific dependency additions. Standard property settings were added to the application.properties file. A simple GraphQL schema and a query mapping and controller were created. Lastly,... Continue reading →

A Really Quick Introduction to Minikube

There’s likely a million introductions to Minikube, but I wanted one of my own. Thus, here you go! Minikube is basically Kubernetes light that runs on your own machine. Albeit, it does this similarly to how Docker used to do it, via a virtual machine. Thus, you can do some things with it but if... Continue reading →

Bunches of Databases in Bunches of Weeks – PostgreSQL Day 1

May the database deluge begin, it’s time for “Bunches of Databases in Bunches of Weeks”. We’ll get into looking at databases similar to how they’re approached in “7 Databases in 7 Weeks“. In this session I got into a hard look at PostgreSQL or as some refer to it just Postgres. This is the first... Continue reading →