[HN Gopher] Fast Development with Zed and Dev Containers
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       Fast Development with Zed and Dev Containers
        
       Author : sunrising
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2024-10-24 19:59 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | kuratkull wrote:
       | Why? I have a Containerfile to which I add new stuff regularly. I
       | build and run it as my 'workspace' container. Works very well.
        
         | ndndjdueej wrote:
         | I imagine that is a bit tricky to optimize for build speed on a
         | monorepo. Say you have 3 things to build you need to pick the
         | order OR you could use multiple targets amd copy stuff around I
         | suppose.
         | 
         | Is the debugging experience good?
        
         | attendant3446 wrote:
         | I've asked the same question and still haven't got a concrete
         | answer as to why anyone would use devcontainers.
         | 
         | As I understand it, devcontainers use some base image and then
         | instructions in json file with steps what to add for that
         | specific app. Why not just make a docker image with everything
         | your app needs and use it?
        
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