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Re:Asdf – the language tool version manager by dns_snek on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @05:45AM (#33328342)
It can be anything you want it to be, especially inside the confines of your own setup.

Do you want to quickly debug some software that relies on an older version of Postgres 9 but you don't want to clutter your host machine? Just run the following command to fetch and start an instance. With --rm flag it's going to be removed as soon as you terminate it:

docker run --rm -p 5432:5432 postgres:9

Re:Asdf – the language tool version manager by 999900000999 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @09:19AM (#33343242)
It can be.

But that was never the primary purpose of Docker. Like I can use Mac Minis as door stops, etc.

Docker runs best on top of Linux. As in actually run a Linux host , everything else in my experience is a hack. As long as you have internet access, spinning up an ec2 instance to test stuff shouldn't be too hard.