> before somebody had the bright idea to add "docker compose substitite" to its ever growing list of responsibilities. systemd itself isn’t acting as a docker-

> before somebody had the bright idea to add "docker compose substitite" to its ever growing list of responsibilities. systemd itself isn’t acting as a docker-compose substitute. Podman simply translates unit files containing docker-esque configuration (image name, volumes, etc.) into plain systemd unit files that contain (among other things) an ExecStart line that starts the container with the proper arguments.