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Docker’s Gone — Here’s Why It’s Time to Move On
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## 3. Local Development Pain Points — and a New Alternative Docker’s “heaviness” is particularly frustrating in **local development**. Spinning up a simple PHP or Node project often means downloading massive images, waiting for builds to finish, configuring ports, and finally hearing your laptop fans scream — all while productivity takes a hit. Some developers go back to manual setups with Homebrew or apt, but quickly fall into the old traps of **version conflicts** and **dependency mismatches**.
Related Pain Points
Local development setup with Docker is heavy and slow for simple projects
6Setting up basic projects (PHP, Node) with Docker requires downloading large images, waiting for long builds, configuring ports, and causes high CPU/fan usage. This overhead creates friction in the inner development loop and reduces productivity for simple applications.
Dependency conflicts and version mismatches without Docker
5When developers abandon Docker for manual setup approaches like Homebrew or apt, they quickly encounter version conflicts and dependency mismatches that were previously isolated by containerization, forcing them back to Docker despite its overhead.