My resolution is to stop being negative about technology on Twitter. Now for a subjective diatribe about Docker's poor use of analogies
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"Like a shipping container, a Docker container can be used anywhere!" "Wow! Any architecture I like?" "No, only x86-64."
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"But a Docker container runs on other x86-64 OSes, right?" "Sure!" [Windows port of Docker is the Linux version running in a VM]
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"Okay, so a group of Docker containers is called a 'ship' or a 'port', right? Maybe a 'dock'?" "No."
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"I see in your logo there's a whale carrying shipping containers. Perhaps a Docker host is called a 'whale'?" "No."
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"So what's a group of containers called?" "Most people call it a 'fleet'." "That's for ships." "Or a pod." "That's for whales."
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"You list running containers using `docker ps`. Cool, does that mean the flags are the same as for `ps`?" "No. Completely different."
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"If Docker containers are like processes, can I use `docker top` to see a table of containers and their CPU usage etc.?" "No."
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"If Docker containers are like processes, does stopping one make it go away entirely?" "No."
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"If Docker containers are processes, Docker images are like executable files, right? So I list them with `docker ls`?" "No."
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"The command to list images is `docker images`, so is the command to list containers `docker containers`?" "No."
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"The command to remove a container is `docker rm`. And the flags are the same as for `rm`?" "No."
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"Wait, you list containers using `docker ps` but you remove them with `docker rm`? So are containers processes or files? Pick one!" "No."
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