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Docker allows us to set memory limits for containers. However, it is important to be careful when setting memory limits as they can lead to system instability, containers shutting down, and other issues.
Stripe secret keys give full access to the Stripe API. This can be a security risk. Learn a better approach.
There are a few different ways to import npm packages into Node projects. This can lead to compatability issues. Learn how to fix these issues to avoid excluding users from your npm package.
Some Docker images are too big, some don't have the right architecture, but some are just right. Take your time to pick the right one. Compare the Ubuntu base image to Alpine.
Returning a Promise from an async function could crash your application. Learn about return await versus return and how to handle Promise related errors.
Monitor a server's authentication activity using the /var/log/auth.log file. Everything will be done with Grafana provisioning.
Learn how to view authentication logs on Linux systems and analyze them for SSH errors. We will also see some automated bot spams in action.
Don't let JavaScript Promises slow down your application.
Having public key authentication enabled is not enough for protecting a server from brute force password attacks. Password authentication also needs to be disabled.
I created another Chrome Extension to speed up the development process. This one is called ConsoleLog. It creates popups out of any console.log, console.info, console.warn, etc. calls.