[xrd]

Thanks, this is very helpful.

At first glance, this looks a bit more complicated to me than docker compose. Using nix feels like it could make things more precise, and maybe that is better?

I'm still learning Nix, despite having it has my main laptop driver for over a year. It's magical and mystifying all at once!

[colordrops]

Oh, it's vastly more powerful than docker compose. You can completely configure everything on your machine declaratively and reproducibly.