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Introduction to Protocol Buffers

“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.” -- Robert A. Heinlein I have been using protocol buffers on and off for around 10 years. The Wikipedia page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_Buffers and the documentation is at: https://protobuf.dev/. Originating at Google,

By Michael Day 31 Oct 2025

Python Argparse

Introduction Python’s argparse module makes parsing command line arguments a breeze. The argparse library allows: * Positional arguments * Customization of prefix characters * Variable numbers of parameters for a single option * Subcommands I’ll be doing this in Ubuntu 18.04, but this should apply to all Linux distributions. Since Python

By Michael Day 28 Oct 2025

Docker Images and Containers

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. – Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe The book referenced below is: Docker Deep Dive: Zero to Docker in a Single Book, Nigel Poulton. https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/docker-deep-dive/9781837028351/ Docker was very tricky for me to get my

By Michael Day 27 Oct 2025

Containerization Introduction

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea. – Yoshio Taniguchi Docker has taken the world by storm. Initially released in 2013, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software) it has grown to be a major contributor to OS-

By Michael Day 25 Oct 2025
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