Re:Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder
by hinkley on Sunday August 23, 2020 @06:36PM
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That was probably the first things that attracted me to Docker.
If I started a new job or new project, it was the same story every time. “Do these five things and then you should be able to run the code” after half a day of back and forth I’d have a list of ten things, and the next new person would discover it is actually 12.
Docker doesn’t just change your experience, it forces the author to actually capture most of their prerequisites. To the point where even if you don’t use docker, you benefit from a project having at least tried to use it.
If I started a new job or new project, it was the same story every time. “Do these five things and then you should be able to run the code” after half a day of back and forth I’d have a list of ten things, and the next new person would discover it is actually 12.
Docker doesn’t just change your experience, it forces the author to actually capture most of their prerequisites. To the point where even if you don’t use docker, you benefit from a project having at least tried to use it.