Decisions Overview
Some examples of deliberations in trying to rely less on US Big Tech.
Latest Technology Posts
The newest blog posts are available below. You can also use the tag list in the sidebar to jump to posts about a specific topic.
Distancing from US Big Tech
There are lots of good reasons to try to minimize your reliance on US Big Tech. Here are some of my considerations.
Database Lifecycle
I developed a semi-automated method to keep databases roughly in sync across environments.
Pa11y and Pa11y-CI
Pa11y and Pa11y-ci are helpful accessibility testing tools, as part of your CI workflow or running locally.
Playwright with Axe
Playwright is a helpful testing tool, both locally and in your CI processes.
Eleventy Theme Updated
I've completed some major theme updates for this site. This post is an introduction, with more details in later posts.
H5P Views Drupal Module
This Drupal module extends H5P to expose more data to views.
Linting and Formatting
PHP Linting and CS Testing in VS Code and as CI/CD jobs can help reinforced Drupal best practices.
Deploying Containers
Using GitLab CI/CD to deploy new containers with Docker swarm, and run the Drupal database update script.
Pruning Old Docker Objects in CI/CD
A simple job to prune old Docker objects on a runner.