CLclaydiffrient·Sep 26, 2016
I use .docker because I use dinghy for all my development (https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy#dns)
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dinghy
faster, friendlier Docker on OS X. Deprecated.
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What it is
faster, friendlier Docker on OS X. Deprecated.
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I highly recommend https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy for MacOS. It predates docker for Mac but offers most of the same features while mostly being "just docker".
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 sourcesI think docker for Mac is the way to go but, until disk performance is not up to scratch, I suggest you have a look at dinghy (https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy) it just works too and it's 10x faster than docker-machine with vmware/virtualbox shares (uses NFS).
In Docker for Mac Beta ReviewIf I had a yearly quota on HN for upvotes, I'd use all of them on this.
> Volume mounting for your code and data: volume data access works correctly, including file change notifications (on Mac inotify now works seamlessly inside containers for volume mounted directories). This enables edit/test cycles for “in container” development.
This (filesystem notifications) was one of the major drawbacks for using Docker on Mac for development and a long time prayer to development god before sleep. I managed to get it working with Dinghy (https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy) but it still felt like a hack.
In Docker for Mac and Windows BetaFrom someone who has wasted many hours trying to get B2D working, I have ended up using https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy
Easier to use, more reliable and some nice features like the OPs .docker DNS and NFS shares. The maintainer is very responsive and I recommend it to anyone who is struggling with docker on OSX.
In Simplifying Docker on OS X