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Very nice to also have it dockerized. You might just want to add in the documentation the `--rm` parameter for cleanup after running and `-t` for the colors. So

by nedt 2y ago

Very nice to also have it dockerized. You might just want to add in the documentation the `--rm` parameter for cleanup after running and `-t` for the colors. So it will be docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/mr-karan/doggo:latest mrkaran.dev MX

Bluecobra 2y ago
Just curious, but why go through all the trouble to create a docker container for a DNS cli utility with no dependencies?
- mr-karan 2y ago
  Long answer: Not OP, but sometimes you’re in a throwaway env and want to quickly do a DNS query and don’t have any tools (like Ubuntu minimal) available. Spawning an ephemeral container isn’t a bad idea in that case. Short answer: Why not :)
  - chrisandchris 2y ago
    I don't specifically know Ubuntu minimal. But suggesting that a minimal OS has containerd pre-installed isn't exactly the "minimal" I'm thinking of. It's a lot of code to "just run a UDP packet" IMHO.
  - tlavoie 2y ago
    That's also where declarative package managers such as Nix and Guix shine. You can temporarily "install" packages that can be cleaned up later, garbage-collection style. Besides being their own distros, both can be used as add-on package managers on other Linux distros, for example.
  - RGBCube 2y ago
    Have you ever heard of Nix?
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- patmcc 2y ago
  Makes it easy to drop it into a k8s cluster, maybe?
- gosub100 2y ago
  You want an upfront assurance that there's not going to be any bullshit. There's nothing that technically prevents a docker container from failing, of course. But seeing that someone took the extra step to make one is enough assurance. And it also protects the author from incoming "it doesn't work on my machine" bs.
- nedt 2y ago
  Which trouble? The image gets pulled once. Running it is pretty straightforward and fast enough. And not much work to clean up if you don’t use it. Beside that I don’t have to care about the right package manager. But then I‘m also a person that prefers npx to global npm installs.
mr-karan 2y ago
Yep, that makes sense. Thanks, just updated docs.

by nedt 2y ago

Bluecobra 2y ago

Just curious, but why go through all the trouble to create a docker container for a DNS cli utility with no dependencies?

mr-karan 2y ago
Long answer: Not OP, but sometimes you’re in a throwaway env and want to quickly do a DNS query and don’t have any tools (like Ubuntu minimal) available. Spawning an ephemeral container isn’t a bad idea in that case. Short answer: Why not :)
- chrisandchris 2y ago
  I don't specifically know Ubuntu minimal. But suggesting that a minimal OS has containerd pre-installed isn't exactly the "minimal" I'm thinking of. It's a lot of code to "just run a UDP packet" IMHO.
- tlavoie 2y ago
  That's also where declarative package managers such as Nix and Guix shine. You can temporarily "install" packages that can be cleaned up later, garbage-collection style. Besides being their own distros, both can be used as add-on package managers on other Linux distros, for example.
- RGBCube 2y ago
  Have you ever heard of Nix?
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patmcc 2y ago
Makes it easy to drop it into a k8s cluster, maybe?
gosub100 2y ago
You want an upfront assurance that there's not going to be any bullshit. There's nothing that technically prevents a docker container from failing, of course. But seeing that someone took the extra step to make one is enough assurance. And it also protects the author from incoming "it doesn't work on my machine" bs.
nedt 2y ago
Which trouble? The image gets pulled once. Running it is pretty straightforward and fast enough. And not much work to clean up if you don’t use it. Beside that I don’t have to care about the right package manager. But then I‘m also a person that prefers npx to global npm installs.

mr-karan 2y ago

Yep, that makes sense. Thanks, just updated docs.