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Ditching Docker for Local Development (lgug2z.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming
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Some folks on the internet were interested in how I had managed to ditch Docker for local development. This is a slightly overdue write up on how I typically do things now with Nix, Overmind and Just.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm anti everything that requires daily use of arcane command line bullshit. I thought we were on the way to being over that when Windows 3.1 came out.

If it needs to be done more than once, make it a button on a little program. I've rolled my own for any of them that can be triggered from the windows command line. But Docker and others that require their own unique command line I can't do that. I wouldn't be as annoyed by Docker if Docker Desktop just did all the crap it should instead of requiring command line bullshit every damn day.

[–] astral_avocado 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean.. all those buttons are essentially just calling a command line in the end. And coding that button takes more work so command line is always going to be more likely to be your only option. If you find commands arcane then that's probably an argument that the help docs should be clearer or the commands themselves should be clearer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Making a little program that opens a window with some buttons to pin to my taskbar is infinitely easier than digging out docs and copy pasting into a command line every time I need to do anything. Paste the command once, done. It's like 10 lines of code, plus about 3-4 for each command I add. Maybe drag the window a bit bigger when I add the button.

[–] astral_avocado 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We were talking about software development and deployment in this thread, not necessarily how easy your desktop GUI is to use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No shit. I'm saying the tools I had to make myself should come standard instead of wasting dev time on command line bullshit.