Some folks on the internet were interested in how I had managed to ditch Docker for local development. This is a slightly overdue write up on how I typically do things now with Nix, Overmind and Just.

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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    211 months ago

    I see it as less practical mainly due to the extant tooling and age/maturity of the project.

    The ways that I’m most familiar with are use of software like Artifactory - basically a multi-repo. Using such a tool, any package or artifact can be readily retained for future use. Then, for builds, one only needs to ensure that it is used as the package source, regardless of type (PyPy, Docker image, binary, RPM, etc).

    Alternatively, one can use individual repos for any relevant package type but that’s a bit more overhead to manage.