Simply a reference for you and I

A run down on the apps I use regularly and why. Caution, Mac specific drivel ahead.

In recent months I’ve been working to add Apple Pay for Web to a major clothing retailer. One of the requirements for Apple Pay for Web is that the connection must be over HTTPS. Most of the time when I’m developing locally, I do not use HTTPS. Local, meaning the application code is running on my laptop. In most cases, HTTPS is just run in staging and production environments and not handled directly by your app code.

This is the best way I’ve found to set up for a container to contact the host machine.

If you’ve found this article, then you’ve banged your head against the problem of being on a restrictive VPN and using Docker at the same time. The culprit is usually Cisco AnyConnect or Junos Pulse.

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If you’ve found this article, then you’ve banged your head against the problem of being on a restrictive VPN and using Docker at the same time. The culprit is usually Cisco AnyConnect or Junos Pulse.