Oh yea it entirely is but I wanted to experiment with docker as ive never used it before, you can just pull the python and use export to set the vars if you want.
Edit: Docker is also an easy way to run in the background.
According to the developer, this is a Python script. So, rather than running on any desktop OS with minimal resources, it requires Docker, which requires a Linux Kernel. So for the vast majority of desktop users, this will require a Virtual Machine.
To send a fucking tweet.
This is the perfect example of developers doing dumb things, "because devops".
I think packaging it up as a ready-to-use, cross-platform installable (which just happens to be in the docker container format) is better than expecting every desktop user to "install python3 python3-pip -y pip3 install pyspeedtest hurry.filesize tweepy". If the typical "desktop user" can't install one software with easily accessible installation instructions, is it reasonable to expect them to install 5 without?
Maybe. We taught our support people how to install Docker via Docker Machine, and while that is resource-intensive and sometimes they come with questions, it did reduce the complexity of deploying new internal tools to them.
This comment made me laugh so hard I got some weird looks from the person in the cube next to me.
On a more serious note, if you had never used a concrete trowel before and you weren't totally sure what it was, using it to make waffle batter would give you a better understanding of what it was and what it is good for.
A bit of an overreaction don't you think? Especially after the OP explained that he is using docker for educational purposes and even included instructions for pure python. Seems unnecessary to continue ragging on him.
Using Docker to run a tool intended for home-use (i.e. not on a server) for 'educational purposes' is like learning to shave your bikini line by cutting the neighbourhood hedges.
I would say the risk reward on these two are a little bit different. With using Docker on something you are just trying out you risk wasting some time and maybe some abuse from stephenr on hackernews.
Practicing shaving your bikini line with hedgeclippers you stand to lose... well a lot more.
It uses Python 3 and several third party PIP installs,
so nice for Mac users and people who are careful about running random unsandboxed code off the net.
It runs things as root inside Docker though, so not that much isolation from untrusted code.
Edit: Docker is also an easy way to run in the background.