I want to amplify this: > why not use containers? [...] > on Mac you need to run containers inside a Linux VM anyway, so I’d rather use a VM directly and not

I want to amplify this: > why not use containers? [...] > on Mac you need to run containers inside a Linux VM anyway, so I’d rather use a VM directly and not introduce another unnecessary layer I was long confused at how Docker functioned on macOS, until I learned that it's "just" running a Linux VM within which it runs the container images. There is no other magic happening to run a (linux-assuming) container on macOS.