[mdavid626]

Yeah, compare this with downloading single binary approach.

Downloading JDK, setting up the correct env variables, or running Docker, all this is just pain, compared to single binary approach.

[drzaiusx11]

Isn't a docker image basically a universal binary at this point? It's a way to ship a reproducible environment with little more config than setting an ENV var or two. All my local stuff runs under a docker compose stack so I have a container for the db, a container for redis, LocalStack, etc

[mdavid626]

Is it though?

On my Mac Docker runs Linux virtualized. It’s a resource hog.

Compare that with simple native binary.

[drzaiusx11]

I'm not saying it's ideal, just saying that's what we've shifted to for repeatable programs. Your Linux "universal" binary certainly won't work on your Mac directly either...