Development

Remote Environments with Dev Containers and Devpod: Are They Worth It?

Today we are going to explore running remote ephemeral development environments. We are going to see (potentially) the best solution you should (probably) NOT use. If that sounds confusing, you’re not alone.

We’ll explore the Development Containers spec as well as Devpod as an implementation of that spec. Together, they provide a way to run ephemeral development environments.

There is a hidden reason for going through those. I have serious doubts about the story behind remote environments, at least in a specific form, and I want to discuss what we really want them for. But, to do that, we need to go through a few practical examples to be on the same page before I go off the beaten path and start questioning it all.

Buckle up. You’re in for a ride that starts with some important questions that turn into excitement and finish… Well… I do not yet know how it will finish.

Nix for Everyone: Unleash Devbox for Simplified Development

Nix is amazing, but also very difficult to manage. It assumes that you learned its programming language and that you are willing to ignore frastration generated by horrible documentation. I think it is one of the most useful projects out there that cannot be used by anyone but those willing to dedicate their lives to Nix.