Jonathan Bergknoff: Run More Stuff in Docker
In 2020, Docker is the best medium for distributing and running most developer-facing software. It’s widely accepted that Docker is great for building and deploying the artifacts for your enterprise web app, but this is less well known when it comes to things like developer tools. However, running tools in containers has many benefits over installing and running them in the conventional way, and we should all start doing it more. Why? terraform, node, or pip installed, but I use them all the time. I have a Docker image for each, and I run them in containers with minimal privileges. I’m...