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Good question. I have learnt enough about Docker to know it's not something which solves any problem I have, but finding out concrete facts about what others a

Good question. I have learnt enough about Docker to know it's not something which solves any problem I have, but finding out concrete facts about what others are actually doing with it was one of the hardest parts of the learning process. The official Use Cases page is so heavily laden with meaningless buzzwords and so thin on actual detail that I still feel dirty just from reading it. https://docker.com/resources/usecases/ https://docker.com/resources/usecases/

davidw 12y ago
I asked the same question a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8324138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8324138 Some of the answers are interesting. I agree with you that most of the companies they mention on their page are so big that it makes you think that Docker is a thing for big companies, and not relevant to what I do.
- vidarh 12y ago
  For my part, I use Docker for my personal home server to keep dependencies documented and keep everything cleanly isolated. Currently I have 8 images running, and more sitting around that I spin up as needed, running everything from a minecraft server, to AROS (an AmigaOS re-implementation) , haproxy, a dev-instance of my blog, a personal wiki, my dev environment (that I use to run screen and ssh into for when I want to edit stuff - it bind mounds a shared home directory, but means I don't mess up to host server with all kinds of packages I decide to install). It's gotten to the point where the moment I find myself typing "apt-get install" I pause to consider whether I should just put it in a Dockerfile instead. After all, if this is a package I'll need once, for a single program, the Dockerfile does not take much longer to write, and it saves on the clutter. I have a draft blog post about how I'm using it I keep meaning to post - probably after the weekend.
cpuguy83 12y ago
So what problems are you trying to solve?

davidw 12y ago

I asked the same question a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8324138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8324138 Some of the answers are interesting. I agree with you that most of the companies they mention on their page are so big that it makes you think that Docker is a thing for big companies, and not relevant to what I do.

vidarh 12y ago
For my part, I use Docker for my personal home server to keep dependencies documented and keep everything cleanly isolated. Currently I have 8 images running, and more sitting around that I spin up as needed, running everything from a minecraft server, to AROS (an AmigaOS re-implementation) , haproxy, a dev-instance of my blog, a personal wiki, my dev environment (that I use to run screen and ssh into for when I want to edit stuff - it bind mounds a shared home directory, but means I don't mess up to host server with all kinds of packages I decide to install). It's gotten to the point where the moment I find myself typing "apt-get install" I pause to consider whether I should just put it in a Dockerfile instead. After all, if this is a package I'll need once, for a single program, the Dockerfile does not take much longer to write, and it saves on the clutter. I have a draft blog post about how I'm using it I keep meaning to post - probably after the weekend.

cpuguy83 12y ago

So what problems are you trying to solve?