I use docker in my workflow as an application and environment manager. I switch between multiple physical computers a lot, and like to have things self contained within work spaces that I can move from one computer to another easily, normally using `git`. Here are a few tricks that I use to have the lightest touch on my local installation as possible. Orientation If you want to install a specific set of software, you use a `Dockerfile` to create an `image`.

askgit provides a sql interface to your git repository. Let's install it and see what we can figure out about the repo. Installing Following the instructions on the website, we can build the go binary with: go get -v -tags=sqlite_vtable github.com/augmentable-dev/askgit This will download the package, the dependencies, and compile everything into an executable. If you can't figure out where it's installed, check that you have GOPATH set correctly, and it will end up in $GOPATH/bin.

A few years ago I read a great post about the value of a good dictionary, which I installed on my laptop and then promptly forgot about. The post is very moving, and I recommend checking it out. It was recently mentioned on the planet emacs blog circuit and so I thought I'd document how to get it up and running on my laptop. Also I don't understand what the appeal of John McPhee's writing, I've tried a few of his books but found them all so plodding.