Michael Irwin
mikesir87.io
Michael Irwin
@mikesir87.io
DevRel at Docker | Husband/Dad of seven | Teach Docker/K8s
at Virginia Tech | Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Opinions are my own
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Check it! A slick demo with @mikesir87.io using the MCP Toolkit to boost GitHub Copilot in VS Code.

Smarter context, smoother AI workflows 💡

🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2L4U7Xq6g

#Docker #MCP #GitHub #Copilot #AItools #VSCode #DeveloperExperience
How to Use Docker MCP Catalog and Toolkit (Docker Tutorial)
In this video, we go over some of the benefits of MCP (Model Context Protocol), the challenges of MCP, and how Docker is solving them with the MCP Catalog and Toolkit. We'll also see a demo of using the MCP Toolkit to add GitHub functionality in VS Code, making Copilot interactions more capable and streamlined. Docker Hub MCP Catalog: https://hub.docker.com/catalogs/mcp MCP Catalog and Toolkit Announcement Blog: https://www.docker.com/blog/introducing-docker-mcp-catalog-and-toolkit/ 🔥Want More Docker Content? If you found this demo exciting, hit that like button and subscribe for more! We’ve got even more Docker demos coming your way in this ongoing series showcasing new tools, integrations, and powerful workflows to level up your projects. Stay tuned! Where to find Docker: Docker: https://www.docker.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/docker Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/docker.com X: @docker Instagram: @dockerinc ABOUT DOCKER: Docker provides a suite of development tools, services, trusted content, and automations, used individually or together, to accelerate the delivery of secure applications. #docker #devops #softwaredevlopment #containers #dockertutorial #mcp #modelcontextprotocol #ai #dockerhub #mcptoolkit
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May 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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🧠 AI agents are cool. But deploying tools for them? Still feels like 2013. That’s why we’re bringing Docker magic to MCP.

Enter: Docker MCP Catalog + Toolkit

Launching this May. Built into Docker Hub.

www.docker.com/blog/introdu...
April 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
GenAI is much more than chatbot interactions. If you already believe that and are have other cool use cases for GenAI, I'd love to chat! Feel free to reply or DM!
April 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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We’re trading flippers for frills.

Moby the Whale is sailing off into the sunset, and our new mascot is here: Artie the Axolotl 🦎🫧

Aquatic ✅
Regenerative ✅
Dev-energy off the charts ✅

#Docker #AxolotlEnergy #DevTools #AI #OpenSource
April 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Wait, innies are just docker containers for a person
March 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Never thought I would be so happy to have a pipeline work, but hey! Finally got a multi-architecture image build going to Google Artifact Registry, signed with Binary Authorization, and deploying to Google Cloud Run! 👏 More to come soon!
March 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Be careful everyone! It's a dark and scary world out there!
Rotation Of Earth Plunges Entire North American Continent Into Darkness
theonion.com/rotatio...
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Why are there so few examples of configuring gcloud in a GitHub Action pipeline using OIDC-based auth? This feels like it should be the go-to solution, but so many examples use static credentials. Feels... odd...
March 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Welp... good start to the day. My password to log on to my machine stopped working (no idea why... which is a tad concerning...). Had to get the password reset (thanks IT!), but means I have to reauth literally everything. Fun morning! 😅
March 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yup! It hit 70F today and the kids immediately asked if they can run around outside in the sprinkler. Bring on the warmer weather!
March 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The more I dig in and understand GenAI app development, the more I realize it's just like building any other app... just with a few different components. Most LLM interactions are simply hitting an API. Why is there so much stuff wrapping everything and making it more confusing? 🤷
March 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Time to end my social hiatus. Lots of good and exciting things going on (despite the craziness in the world), so figured I could share some of it! Stay tuned for thoughts on software development, devops, containers (of course!), and other random stuff. 🎉
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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docker run docker/hello-bluesky
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Using Spring Boot with Testcontainers?

We've improved support so that your test setup is more lean. `@AutoConfigureTestDatabase` now detects containers and will automatically use that!

If you need to revert to the old behavior, set `replace=Replace.AUTO_CONFIGURED)` on the annotation.
December 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM
I’m excited to be speaking about containers and how they streamline development on Thursday at the rvaTech Code & Cloud event! It’s going to be a lot of fun and I’m excited to speak somewhere relatively local! 😊
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Happy Tuesday all! That's it. Just Happy Tuesday! Hope you have a great day!
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
To quote my wife… “They obviously have no neurodivergent people in their home. The entire thing is an assault on the senses. The sauna would be the only safe space in the entire home” 😆

Will have to follow for more #FridayNightZillow in the future!
So #FridayNightZillow is back with a bang: This is the Bonkers McBonkerspants Mansion of the Year! $25M. BOCA. You'll need to ice your retinas. 209 pics of overstuffed insanity! https://buff.ly/3OcGdfc?

Crossposting on BlueSky and Threads.
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Guilty as charged! 🫣
#kubecon Docker Meetup @mikesir87.io showing off #Docker Hubs curated #GenAI images but I can't stop looking at....
November 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Had a blast reconnecting with long-time friends and making new ones at #KubeCon this past week.
November 17, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Hello world! Deciding to give things a try over here. Feel free to say hello! 👋
October 22, 2024 at 5:20 PM