[MetaWhirledPeas]

> It is very tedious to context switch between my local environment and the in-container environment

I think, with my proposed setup, you'd still do development on your local machine. The containers would only be there for the dependencies, and as a shell to execute your code. The container hosting the application under development would use a volume to point to the files on your local machine, but the container itself (with all its permissions and configuration) would match or nearly match what you plan for the production environment.