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Discussion on: What am I missing out if I'm not using a VM/Container for my development setup?

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John Alcher

I appreciate your thoughts on this, it really gave me a new perspective on the issue.

And yeah, I agree that removing uncertainty is a good payoff for the effort. I personally haven't experienced an OS package disparity messing up my production setup, so I guess getting environment parity is a good way to make sure I never experience it at all.

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David J Eddy

Glad I could provide a different perspective. Life everything else in life 'there is not perfect answers, only trade-offs', so I will not pretend to be dogmatic about solution options.

I hesitate to agree with "..never experience it at all.". Nothing in life (or computing) is assured.

If you are so included, feel free to message me any time.

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John Alcher

I hesitate to agree with "..never experience it at all.". Nothing in life (or computing) is assured.

Wait a second, do you mean that even if I build two identical images there's still a chance for disparity? Or you're just giving me advice and I misunderstood it lol.

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David J Eddy

General life advice. :)