I partially agree with you, except for one very important point: Despite its flaws and hype, it is still incredibly useful.
I just wish it were easier for people to read the contents on the label. Right now everyone thinks it is good for everyone. It isn't, and there are some sharp edges that require RTFM'ing.
I am really enjoying it for daemons that don't need to save any state locally (via volumes). For us, it's a great fit for web app servers, background workers, and other things that don't need any guarantee of local persistence.
I feel like these sorts of usage cases are the sweet spot right now. I have zero desire to run something like Postgres in Docker in a production environment. On the flipside, a Postgres Docker container is great for a local dev environment.
Thanks for the feedback, someone else made a similar comment on Reddit, and it's a fair point.
(paste from reddit) I agree that the Docker ecosystem makes getting started easier, and my argument of uselessness is focused on the long term usage of Docker, rather than the immediate "quick start" gains. Never the less, I'll amend the article with reference to this, as you make a fair comment
I just wish it were easier for people to read the contents on the label. Right now everyone thinks it is good for everyone. It isn't, and there are some sharp edges that require RTFM'ing.