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Discussion on: Get Docker Right and Get on with Life

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Adrián Norte

Docker adds accidental complexity, true. But the amount of accidental complexity it removes on stages after the writing of code makes the added complexity laughable.

Being a developer is not only pouring code into a repo.

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Vladislav Supalov

Nothing against using the right amount of Docker or any other helpful tooling. But there's the possibility to have too much of a good thing. Beyond a certain point, the overhead caused by tooling can outweigh the benefits it was intended to bring.

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Christian Kreiling

Choosing a technology is a matter of weighing tradeoffs, and sometimes laughable complexity to one person can be enormous complexity to another. If docker works for you under all circumstances, then I hope to one day be as well-versed in its intricacies as you :)