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Bocker: Docker implemented in around 100 lines of Bash (2015)

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Re: Bocker: Docker implemented in around 100 lines of Bash (2015)

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I was part of this, it was a fun project. I have a final pull request that never made it though, and that's too bad as it addressed some hardcoding issues and added a few helpful commands: https://github.com/p8952/bocker/pull/23

Revisiting the project, it looks like more people tried submitting PRs for the following couple years. Funny, for a project that was definitely an exercise in "do X in 100 lines of code"

Re: Bocker: Docker implemented in around 100 lines of Bash (2015)

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My team is being hit with really extreme pricing changes for Docker Desktop. I have never been clear on why we even wanted DD (I guess right now it’s the easiest path to getting x86 containers running on M1 Macs?). Alternatives like Podman or even a more extreme solution like this one are becoming more and more attractive.

The basic license is 5 dollars a month. I think that's a low price, if you consider the time cost of exploring alternatives. Additionally, it's a shame that the docker company struggles to profit from their revolutionary technology: operations, devops and infra looks completely different than 10 years ago and they played a big role in it.

You're right, for a basic single user license that's a reasonable price.

The thing that is making my team consider alternatives is this: https://www.docker.com/pricing/october-2022-pricing-change-f...

We were on the "Docker Teams" plan, paying $7/user/month. With this pricing change, since we are over 100 users, we bump to "Docker Business" paying $24/user/month, more than a 3x price increase!

At that price point, it's definitely worth looking at what other choices there are.

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