Dave Copeland Jan 30, 2024

My blog post about running Docker for local development is instead going to be a book of about 100 pages. First half is what is Docker and how to set it up for local dev. Second half is how to make that all palatable using bash.

https://devbox.computer

To sign up for a discount when the book comes out.

Website for the book “Sustainable Dev Environments with Docker and Bash”

Show threadAaron JensenJan 31, 2024
@davetron5000 no offense, but I can’t tell if this is satire or not. If it is, bravo. If it isn’t, well. Hm.
Show threadDave Copeland Jan 31, 2024
@aaronjensen it’s a bit of both. It really does contain the promised information. But it gives Docker a fair bit of grief for some of its questionable decisions.
Show threadAaron JensenJan 31, 2024

@davetron5000 I could do it in one word (or two depending on how you count contractions):

Don't

In seriousness, the only reason I would buy is for security's sake. Otherwise it's far more trouble than it's worth. I did it 100 years ago before docker was cool and it wasn't a good idea then either.

Show threadDave Copeland 
@aaronjensen I dunno I got tired of every new macOS breaking Ruby, asdf having random problems, Postgres never installs the same way twice, etc. Docker has solved all that for me. But it took a lot of diving to understand how it works. Or at least the 25% of it needed to run a dev environment.
Jan 31, 2024 at 2:25amWeb
Show threadAaron JensenJan 31, 2024
@davetron5000 I can't say I've experienced any of that, and I use all those same tools. I do know one person who was recently frustrated with homebrew and postgres. They'd be the last to try Docker though.