This is like asking "can't I just use a cellar + ice instead of using a fridge?". Yes, through a lot of scripting, you can emulate docker-compose. But compose

This is like asking "can't I just use a cellar + ice instead of using a fridge?". Yes, through a lot of scripting, you can emulate docker-compose. But compose actually handles a lot of things, to the point that manual scripting doesn't really make any sense. I don't understand how people manage multiple related containers -without- compose. It makes things so much easier.