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Intro to Docker on Windows

#72 Mar 19, 2017 free

Developing a Ruby on Rails application on Windows can be difficult, but doesn't have to be with Docker. Learn how to use Docker to create isolated containers and get them to talk with the Rails app and passed through to the local computer.

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Once CLI

#554 Mar 22, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at the new Once CLI where we can reference a docker image and deploy it to a server.

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Deploying with MRSK

#391 Mar 5, 2023 free

Kamal (MRSK) deploys web apps anywhere from bare metal to cloud VMs using Docker with zero downtime. In this episode, we will set up a Digital Ocean infrastructure with a Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, and a PostgreSQL database. We'll use Kamal (MRSK) to provision and deploy our Rails application to the Virtual Machines.

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Easy Infrastructure

#355 Jun 26, 2022 pro

Continuing on from the previous episode, we look at creating a Docker Swarm cluster and using Traefik to load balance and route requests to various applications. Using this and CloudFlare proxies, we're able to create and deploy hobby applications in minutes.

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AWS App Runner

#298 May 30, 2021 pro

Amazon's newest hosting service, App Runner, makes it fairly easy to deploy web services. In this episode, we take a look at some of the issues with App Runner as well as how we can deploy a Docker container image to the service. We also dive into building Docker images from an Apple M1 computer and pushing to Elastic Container Registry.

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MRSK in Depth

#392 Mar 12, 2023 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at speeding up the build times with a remote builder, continued warning about accessories, implementing background jobs, setting up the infrastructure for background workers and diving more into the Kamal (MRSK) commands.

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Kamal Staging

#555 Mar 29, 2026 pro

In this episode, we look at creating a staging environment that will be provisioned and deployed through Kamal. A stating environment can be simple or a production like infrastructure that mimics the production environment.

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Self Hosted App

#543 Jan 4, 2026 free

In this episode, we'll go from a fresh Rails 8 application and a newly provisioned Raspberry Pi to deploying the application on the PI. We'll also set up a domain to point to this application and put in place geo restrictions to help prevent unwanted access.

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Kamal with Non-Rails Apps

#538 Nov 30, 2025 pro

In this episode, we look at using Kamal to deploy a Python application to a server.

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Kamal Registry

#535 Nov 9, 2025 pro

In this episode, we'll look at the two of my favorite changes in the recent Kamal releases. We'll explore some of the flows that the new registry uses and some things to be aware of.