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Instead of using tools like Docker or nvm to manage dependencies for your projects, you can use Nix instead.<\/p>\n\n

Creating a Nix shell or flake for each project with its dependencies will install everything without needing containers and with the benefit of everything being locked to specific versions, making environments reproducible<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

If you need a specific version of PHP or node for a project, it will be available and different versions can be used for other projects.<\/p>\n\n

And if you need services like MySQL and you're not using NixOS, you can also use devenv to manage services, tasks and processes for each project.<\/p>\n\n

For me, Nix and devenv have replaced Docker and Docker Compose<\/a> on my development projects.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

Instead of using tools like Docker or nvm to manage dependencies for your projects, you can use Nix instead.<\/p>\n\n

Creating a Nix shell or flake for each project with its dependencies will install everything without needing containers and with the benefit of everything being locked to specific versions, making environments reproducible<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

If you need a specific version of PHP or node for a project, it will be available and different versions can be used for other projects.<\/p>\n\n

And if you need services like MySQL and you're not using NixOS, you can also use devenv to manage services, tasks and processes for each project.<\/p>\n\n

For me, Nix and devenv have replaced Docker and Docker Compose<\/a> on my development projects.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }