Colin Chartier
Colin is co-founder & CEO at webapp.io. He previously worked as CTO at ParseHub and as a software design lecturer at the University of Toronto.
You can reach him at [email protected]
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BY Colin Chartier
4 min read
Making a faster "docker build" with FUSE
Making a filesystem seems daunting, but actually isn't that hard in 2022. In this article we'll talk about why we had to build our own filesystem, and chat about how you can build your own. ...
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BY Colin Chartier
3 min read
Building a "Docker Hub" for CI base images
Docker Hub is the central repository of images maintained by Docker for its production images. We built the same thing for VMs used by CI pipelines ...
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BY Colin Chartier
5 min read
On-demand wildcard TLS certificates
Every website now uses https://, but it's difficult to configure TLS certificates yourself. This post talks about how to set up on-demand wildcard certificates for free with DNS and LetsEncrypt ...
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BY Colin Chartier
1 min read
What is a webapp?
What is a webapp? They're websites that replace what would otherwise be a desktop app or mobile app. They're interactive, and users can often log in to save their environment for future visits. ...
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BY Colin Chartier
1 min read
webapp.io Launch Week Day 5: View test results directly from your pull requests
It's officially Day 5 of our Launch Week journey! If you think we'd only release two plugins, you're in for a surprise. Allow us to share this... ...
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BY Colin Chartier
1 min read
webapp.io Launch Week Day 4: Debug cypress tests directly from your PRs
As we head closer to the end of Launch Week 2021, we couldn't let you cypress folks down. On Day 4 we have unveiled our cypress Plugin found right in your PR Builder. ...
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BY Colin Chartier
1 min read
webapp.io Launch Week Day 3: Debug docker containers directly from your PRs
Docker and Docker Compose are used by a lot of you, so on Day 3 we decided to spice things up a bit. Use our Pull Request Builder for webapp.io's Docker plugin! ...
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BY Colin Chartier
1 min read
webapp.io Launch Week Day 2: Drag-and-drop Pull Request Builder for GitHub
A Github pull request template builder customized just for you? Who would've thought! Day 2 of our Launch Week focuses on making your life effortless, with Github. ...
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BY Colin Chartier
2 min read
webapp.io Launch Week Day 1: Better per-branch deployments
We're kicking off our week of launches with some exciting new features for the per-branch review environments you've already been using. ...
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