I don’t get how ”docker-compose up” is complicated? Sure, if one needs to take a look at logs or something, maybe the UI can be clearer than looking up a container by its name.
Maybe it’s not represented on HN, but a lot of developers just want to get their work done and not get sucked into the complexity of the myriad ways they can set up their development machines, so a “one-click” installer works well for them even with some downsides (that may not even become issues for them).
> not get sucked into the complexity of the myriad ways they can set up their development machines
This is partially due to the tech-blogosphere advice being like linux distros: whenever someone feels like there’s too many blog posts with too many differing approaches, they write a new blog post which adds yet another search result to wade through.