Mason Egger Author
Mason is currently a Sr. Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean who specializes in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and Python.
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- Python
- DevOps
- SRE
- Terraform
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Published Tutorial
How To Create a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu 18.04
Minecraft is a popular sandbox video game. As of late 2019, it was the second best-selling video game of all time. In this tutorial, you will create your own Minecraft server so that you and your friends can play toge... -
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Learn to Load Balance Your High Traffic Sites
Is your app highly available? Do you know what happens to your site when your server goes down? Learn how load balancers can provide peace of mind and stability to your infrastructure. -
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Build and Deploy a Custom Droplet Image on DigitalOcean
How to build a custom cloud image using Packer, configure a custom cloud image using Packer and Ansible, and use Packer to deploy your custom cloud image to DigitalOcean. -
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Build Your First Command Line Tool in Go
How to build a command line tool in Go, package it, and upload it to GitHub releases. -
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How To Set Up an ASGI Django App with Postgres, Nginx, and Uvicorn on Ubuntu 20.04
In this guide, you will set up an ASGI (Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface) Django app on Ubuntu 20.04. You'll set up a PostgreSQL database, configure a Gunicorn application server paired with Uvicorn (an ASGI impl... -
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Getting Started With Kubernetes on DigitalOcean
Learn how to spin up a Kubernetes cluster, deploy an application to the cluster, and set up an ingress to expose your application available to the internet. -
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Building a Discord Bot in Python [Canceled]
Discord isn’t just a great chat and voice app, it also has a rich ecosystem for extending and building bots. Get an overview of the Discord Python library, see how Discord handles events, and learn how to build and de... -
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Jumping Into Django Models
Create simple and clean Django Models — learn how to use magic methods, add your own methods, create relationships between Models, and perform queries and aggregations against your Models. -
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How To Use Visual Studio Code for Remote Development via the Remote-SSH Plugin
In this tutorial, you'll enable the Remote-SSH plugin, configure Visual Studio Code to execute code on the remote server, and execute code from your local Visual Studio Code installation on the remote server. -
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How To Develop a Docker Application on Windows using WSL, Visual Studio Code, and Docker Desktop
The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 makes development enables development on Windows using Linux system tools. The WSL 2 allows for direct integration with Docker Desktop and has plugins for direct development using Vis... -
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Building Your First Slackbot With Python
Want to make a Slackbot to automate all the things? Slack's amazing Python libraries can help get your bot up and running. See what a Slackbot is, how to configure it in the Slack developer portal, build your first Py... -
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Grow Your Business with Scalable Apps Using DigitalOcean App Platform
How to scale your application to meet growing customer demand using DigitalOcean's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, App Platform. -
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Developing on Microsoft Windows With the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Wish you had a Linux command line experience on Windows? The Windows Subsystem for Linux can give you this! Come learn about the WSL, how to install it and how to use it to develop your next idea. -
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How To Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 on Microsoft Windows 10
The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 is a tool on Microsoft Windows 10 that allows developers to run a Linux environment directly on Windows without any modifications, secondary Virtual Machine software, or dual-boot set... -
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Deploying Your Python Applications
Stuck trying to deploy your Python applications? See how you can deploy Python applications to servers, containers, and PaaS via this demo. -
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Getting Started With Python FastAPI
Have you heard about Python's lightning quick web framework FastAPI? Join us in a tech talk as we get started building apps using FastAPI and explore what the framework has to offer. -
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Building a REST API With Django REST Framework
Let's get our hands dirty and build some APIs! With a browsable API, robust authentication policies, and object serialization, the Django REST framework is a powerful toolkit that offers an amazing experience for rapi... -
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Build a Web App With Django
Let's explore Django — a powerful Python Web framework that enables rapid development, robust database management, and many built in tools that make building your app easier. -
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Dockerfile in a Django app on App Platform
Since your Dockerfile relies on local scripts you’ll most likely need to modify the current setup. You could modify your Django app… -
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How to setup Django w/ React frontend on App Platform?
Hi! So Step 5 in the tutorial shows you how to deploy your static files so that the Django admin CSS will still work. Did this step…Accepted Answer: Hi! So Step 5 in the tutorial shows you how to deploy your static files so that the Django admin CSS will still work. Did this step…