Happy December Earthlings!

I'm Adam, and welcome to the latest Earthly newsletter, where I share the most popular articles and tutorials from the Earthly blog in the last 30 or so days.

Top Blog Content

​Merge Queues: What You Need to Know​

What is a Merge Queue, and how to use it? Merge queues (or trains, if you use GitLab) are created in order to arrange multiple pull requests consecutively.

​What Is Docker Scout and How to Use It​

Docker Scout is an innovative tool that simplifies securing Docker images by analyzing their contents and generating a detailed report of any vulnerabilities...

​Getting Started with nerdctl​

Kubernetes’ support for container runtimes other than Docker Engine has spurred the development of new and more advanced Docker-compatible command line such as nerdctl.

​How to Generate Your SBOM from Docker Images​

A software bill of materials (SBOM) is a manifest that lists all the dependencies and third-party components included in your application’s codebase.

​Getting Started with containerd in Docker​

containerd is a leading container runtime that manages the complete lifecycle of the containers running on your system.

​The Future is Rusty​

The article discusses the challenges of learning complex programming languages like Rust and how the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) can help bridge the gap.

Product News

Reminder: Earthly is an open-source tool that simplifies software builds, ensuring consistency across environments. Earthly Satellites are remote build runners that are compatible with any CI and make builds faster. Sign up for Earthly Cloud to receive 6,000 build minutes per month on Satellites for free.

​Incremental Rust builds in CI​

In this post, we present lib/rust, an open-source Earthly library created in collaboration with the ExpressVPN core team, that will help you get maximum performance on Rust builds in CI when used in combination with persistent build runners.

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That's it for this 2023.

See you next in 2024,

Adam

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