> I would argue my deployments are simpler than yours. Give me git and ssh and I'm good to go.
FYI: the wait time is marginal at best to deploy images and containers. My workflow is the same as yours most of the time for solo projects: SSH into server, git pull (from a "stack" branch that has docker-compose files containing DB and microservices), docker-compose up -d, and because of cached images it takes minimal time to deploy.
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I agree that as a sole developer it can add initial complexity. As a sole developer myself on prior projects and now on personal projects, I use Docker primarily to streamline my deployment practices.
Another excellent use case of Docker not mentioned elsewhere in this thread is the simplicity of running databases locally, e.g., mongodb, postgres, etc.
FYI: the wait time is marginal at best to deploy images and containers. My workflow is the same as yours most of the time for solo projects: SSH into server, git pull (from a "stack" branch that has docker-compose files containing DB and microservices), docker-compose up -d, and because of cached images it takes minimal time to deploy.
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I agree that as a sole developer it can add initial complexity. As a sole developer myself on prior projects and now on personal projects, I use Docker primarily to streamline my deployment practices.
Another excellent use case of Docker not mentioned elsewhere in this thread is the simplicity of running databases locally, e.g., mongodb, postgres, etc.