Article series
Graphs and Big data

Walk-through of modern technologies for working with graph and their usage in Big data area.
How to choose a programming language

In this series we've collected opinions of our mentors on how to choose first programming langauge and which factors to consider.
Development of GrooveHQ Ruby Gem

In this series we will create a gem for working with API of GrooveHQ. This service doesn't have its own client API libraries. The final result is available on GitHub and rubygems and we hope that others developers, who rely on GrooveHQ, will use it as well. By the end of the series you will learn how to create gems from scratch and companies using GrooveHQ and ruby will be able to use this gem to solve their own problems.
How to become a programmer: stories of our mentors

One of the most painful questions for newbies is “where do I start?”. In this series mkdev mentors will give their answers. Not only will they tell how they became programmers, but they will also share which difficulties they’ve met and how they could be avoided. Mentors will also give useful tips on what to do and what to read.
- How to become a RoR web developer: Ivan Takarlikov’s story
- Where to begin as a programmer: Ilya Konovalov’s story
- How to become a RoR Developer: Stas Mehonoshin’s story
- How to become a programmer: Kirill Shirinkin's story
- How to become a Python Developer: Aleksey Kurylev's story
- How to become a Java & Spring Developer: Rinat Muhamedgaliev’s story
- How to become a QA Engineer: Pavel Konev’s story
- How to become a PHP-developer: Ruslan Kuptsov’s story
Developing an app with Dry-rb

Rostislav Katin writes a series of articles on what is Dry-rb, how to use it in your Ruby app and how can it be better then using Rails. First article explains the basic and after that it goes feature by feature.
Dockerless

In this series of articles Kirill Shirinkin talks about life without Docker and alternative tools you can use to perform tasks without it.
- Dockerless, part 1: Which tools to replace Docker with and why
- Dockerless, part 2: How to build container image for Rails application without Docker and Dockerfile
- Dockerless, part 3: Moving development environment to containers with Podman
- The tool that really runs your containers: deep dive into runc and OCI specifications
Kubernetes Capacity Management

A three part series by Kirill Shirinkin that will take you on an in-depth journey through the world of Kubernetes Capacity and Resource Management.
Services for Your Project

As years go by, we here at mkdev use more and more different services and tools. Here they all are, with prices and details!
Helm Lightning Course

A quick introduction to Helm in 5 steps. You will go from zero to a fully functioning Helm Chart.
Terraform Lightning Course

Rapid introduction into Terraform and Infrastructure as Code. You will learn how to use Terraform to manage multi-cloud environments, starting with most basic concepts and going to complex setups closer to the end.