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Discussion on: Modern dev/test/prod environments using Docker Compose

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Bobby Priambodo

Docker can run on Mac as well, but will require more resources to create Docker virtual machine space.

I'm not sure if you're talking about other resources I don't know, but if you were referring to Docker Toolbox (which, among others, used VirtualBox), the new Docker for Mac doesn't need to create a dedicated VM but rather uses HyperKit, a lightweight native virtualization solution available on Yosemite and higher. More on that here.

I've been using Docker on my Mac and it's been great. Nevertheless, nice post!