Marco Pegoraro

Tips & Tricks

How to run Postgres for testing in Docker

Running E2E integration tests often require your Postgres to be up and running, here are few tricks and suggestions how to do just that.

Communication

How to Win Friends and Influence People

This book opened my eyes and helped me building up new relationships after my first marriage ended. You will get a list of simple principles to deal with people.

Communication

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

... said Napoleon, and it took 38 years for me to understand it

free

A 100% Free Website with Gatsby and Gitpod.io

Yes, I am working and hosting this website 100% for free thanks to GatsbyJS and Gitpod.io - here is how you can do the same

Tips & Tricks

How to keep your server clean of clutter with Docker Vacuum

Do you need a smart tool to clean up Docker images after a new deployment? Maybe DOCKER SYSTEM PRUNE is not always enough? Read on!

project

Coding The Stuffer

How comes when I need a specific service, I never find one ready?

Tips & Tricks

AWS S3 File Names - Troubleshooting

How to delete S3 files that contains spaces or non ASCII characters

Tips & Tricks

Docker Compose Healthcheck

How to monitor containers' status and create a deterministic boot order for your services.

Tips & Tricks

Gatsby Begins

And so I tried out Gatsby and promptly decided to turn my WordPress-based blog into a static generated website.

organization

Best Practices for a Good Team Experience

A few tricks I've learned that make collaboration easier.

aws

Optional Parameter in AWS CloudFormation Stack YAML

The following YAML CloudFormation stack creates an EBS volume returning its reference for further usage in a higher level template. I’ve chosen to use the value “false” for SnapshotId when I have no desire to restore from a previously created snapshot. Description: create an EBS data volume Parameters: DiskSize:

postgres

Make it Parallel

How to run consume a queue with multiple independent workers in Postgres, and survive!

Tips & Tricks

How to optimize Postgres for SELECT COUNT(*) on massive tables

How to (slightly) optimize SELECT COUNT(*) performance on PostgreSQL using partial indexes.

Tips & Tricks

WP Admin proxy for NGINX

How to proxy wp-admin in a headless WordPress setup.

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Apple - Security for travelers sucks

Did you know that you can't print any recovery code for your AppleID account? The more you protect it, the more is likely you lose control over it. And do you travel a lot? Then you'd better read this!

Tips & Tricks

WordPress on Thin Air

How to squeeze WordPress/MySql to the bare minimum memory consumption, and survive.

Tips & Tricks

Docker Stats with Containers Names

There is a way to get container's names out of `docker stats`, and Docker Humble makes it ridicolously easy for you.

experience

What is it like to be a Junior Developer?

It's the magic moment in which you realise you can use your knowledge to make some money.

Tips & Tricks

Dockerized MySQL Crashes a Lot!

Have you ever experienced a dockerized MySQL to stuck in low memory VPS? I did and luckily I found a solution! (yes, I googled it)"

experience

The Holy Grail of Code Sharing

Codesharing is a concept that is whispered in a low tone around the office, is being shouted loud by tools producers, and is simply misunderstood by the great part of us, IT folks.

data

Sleep tight and have a happy Life!

Backups are strange animals. In a perfect world you don’t need backups. You put efforts in building a solid backup strategy, you buy external drives, cloud storage and amazing software which you wish you never have to use in life.

experience

You'd better Test to save some Rest

Since the day I became a developer, I've always feared the "Big What The Fuck".

Communication

The Curse of the Proud Developer

When bad things happen on a Friday night, you ought to face your fears, seek help with your team, and work together to get to the beer you deserve!