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- 0056 Docker Compose: run a small web app with a database Docker Compose describes several containers, their ports, volumes and environment in one compose.yaml file, then starts them all with docker compose up. Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Docker basics · Docker Compose 15 Oct 2026
- 0059 Incremental snapshot backups with rsync A bash script that copies a folder into dated snapshots with rsync, hard-links unchanged files to the previous snapshot to save space,… Advanced · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Backups & syncing · Shell scripting 15 Oct 2026
- 0060 Find the biggest files and folders eating your disk A short bash script that lists the largest files over a size limit and the largest subfolders, using find, du, sort and… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Finding files & text · Text processing 15 Oct 2026
- 0067 Your first SQL queries: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT and GROUP BY Read data from a table, keep only the rows you want, sort them, take the first few, and summarize groups with COUNT,… Beginner · Step by step · Any system Article Queries 15 Oct 2026
- 0038 The pull request workflow on GitHub A pull request asks to merge your branch into another one, with review and automated checks in between. This is the whole… Beginner · Step by step · Any system Article Pull requests 15 Oct 2026
- 0039 A minimal GitHub Actions workflow that runs your tests Add one YAML file under .github/workflows and GitHub runs your tests on every push and pull request. Here is a small, explained… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article GitHub Actions 15 Oct 2026
- 0043 Delete local branches that are already merged A bash script that lists local branches fully merged into main and, if you ask, deletes them. It never touches the current… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Script Housekeeping 15 Oct 2026
- 0052 Slice and summarize text with grep, sort, uniq, cut, awk and sed A handful of classic tools can filter, count, extract and rewrite text right in the terminal. This guide shows the patterns you… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Article Finding files & text · Text processing 15 Oct 2026
- 0006 Testing with pytest: first tests, fixtures and parametrize pytest runs plain functions whose names start with test_ and reports every failing assert in detail. This guide covers setup, assertions, exceptions,… Intermediate · Step by step · Any system Article Testing 15 Oct 2026
- 0009 CSV to JSON converter A small command-line tool that turns a CSV file into a JSON array of objects, with optional number detection, custom delimiters and… Beginner · Step by step · Any system Script CSV & JSON · Files & automation 15 Oct 2026