Docker is not a shill tech stack. It is a core developer tool that is certainly not required, but is certainly not fluff
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ancoraunamoka@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
First of all ignore the trends. Fuck docker, fuck nixos, fuck terraform or whatever tech stack gets shilled constantly.
Find a tech stack that is easy FOR YOU and settle on that. I haven’t changed technologies for 4 years now and feel like everything can fit in my head.
Second of all, look at the other people using commercial services and see how stressed they are. Google banned my account, youtube has ads all the time, the app for service X changed and it’s unusable and so on.
Nothing comes for free in terms of time and mental baggage
GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Lem453@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Yes, you should use something that makes sense to you but ignoring docker is likely going to cause more aggravation than not in the long term.
tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Yep, I went in this direction…until I gave in during a bare metal install of something…
Docker is not hassle free but usually most setup guides for apps are much much easier with docker
barsquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Docker/Podman or any containerized solution is basically the easiest way to get really nice maintenance properties like: updating one app won’t break others, won’t take down the whole system, can be moved from machine to machine.
Containers are a learning curve but I think very worth it for home setups. Compared to something like Kubernetes which I would say is less worth it unless you already know or want to learn Kubernetes.
kieron115@startrek.website 5 months ago
I would like to add try running Portainer (a graphical management interface for Docker). Breaking out the various options into a GUI helped me learn the ins and outs of Docker better, plus if you end up expanding to multiple docker hosts you can manage them all from one console.