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> Who is it for, exactly? Developers can handle installing things. You’d be surprised about how many developers can’t and also don’t want to handle setting thi
by schipplock 5y ago
> Who is it for, exactly? Developers can handle installing things.
You’d be surprised about how many developers can’t and also don’t want to handle setting things up. But I’m not judging them. Docker stuff can get complicated quickly.
- eurasiantiger 5y agoI don’t get how ”docker-compose up” is complicated? Sure, if one needs to take a look at logs or something, maybe the UI can be clearer than looking up a container by its name.
- thatsamonad 5y agoRunning docker and docker-compose commands isn’t difficult. What IS difficult and (time-consuming) is sifting through a bunch of articles about how to set up Docker properly on macOS and/or Windows without relying on Docker Desktop. Maybe it’s not represented on HN, but a lot of developers just want to get their work done and not get sucked into the complexity of the myriad ways they can set up their development machines, so a “one-click” installer works well for them even with some downsides (that may not even become issues for them).
- eurasiantiger 5y agoI agree, setting up docker can be a pain. > not get sucked into the complexity of the myriad ways they can set up their development machines This is partially due to the tech-blogosphere advice being like linux distros: whenever someone feels like there’s too many blog posts with too many differing approaches, they write a new blog post which adds yet another search result to wade through.