We are talking about something like a 50% performance loss when running in Docker containers. Doing this on a mac has some of the benefits but the poor performance is just awful. I don't run the actual code in the Docker container but I guess I should be doing that too.

I keep a docker compose file around that launches the containers I need like Postgres, Redis, and so on. I like to use Docker for development, especially for databases.

Once of the major problems I have with development on a Mac is the poor Docker performance. From excessive thermal throttling to bad keyboards and dangerous OS updates, it has been going downhill for a while now.ĭuring the Covid 19 epidemic I've had some spare time on my hands so I decided to give Ubuntu 20.04 a try on my home gaming computer. However, while I think that the Mac experience was great back in 2013 it has become worse over time. In the beginning it was a breath of fresh air compared to the old Ubuntu based desktop computers we were using for work in the past.

My first one was a 2013 model and my current one is the 2018 model. I've been using a Macbook Pro for work for about 7 years now.

Ubuntu on a mac