alt Hacker NewsDocker does seem to be an unnecessary overhead considering it's reliance on a Linux VM. What does Docker bring to the table that couldn't easily be replaced with a native Mac app?
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nottorp • 05/14/2025
That was my point, and that was the Linux VM dependency that the OP doesn't realize exists.
Also there's some permanently running service. What's the point, to save 30 milliseconds out of the time to set up a VM which is certainly measured in tens of seconds?
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Totally get your point. Docker isn’t about performance here. It’s just used as a management interface to connect to VMs running directly on the macOS host via Apple’s Vz. We went with this approach for Lume because Docker offers a familiar, automation-friendly workflow—great for CI, AI agents, and bundling things like noVNC