In 2016 I started at a company that had no build procedures and deployed to a variety of linux versions, developed on windows. It was a nightmare for administra

In 2016 I started at a company that had no build procedures and deployed to a variety of linux versions, developed on windows. It was a nightmare for administration, no automation, no monitoring. I implemented containers and most of the process was getting the developers on board. Having technical sessions with them to understand what they needed and ease them into the plan so they felt enfranchished. Doing this vastly increased productivity, devs could take off the shelf compose files that were written for common projects (it was a GIS shop) and meant they could concentrate on delivering code. It helped no end. Sure there's issues (albeit a lot fewer as time progressed) with docker but for what it gained in productivity and developer's sanity, it was very welcome.