- cross-posted to:
- nixos@infosec.pub
- cross-posted to:
- nixos@infosec.pub
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.
Agreed, we still do this in the areas where we use Docker at day job.
I think the mileage with this approach can vary depending on the languages in use and the velocity of feature iteration (ie. if the company is still tweaking product-market fit, pivoting to a new vertical, etc.).
I’ve lost count of the number of times where a team decides they need to
npm install
something with a heavynode-gyp
step to build native modules which require yet another obscure system dependency that is not in the base layer. 😅