That's because people suck at communication - especially programmers. I lead remote teams and it is totally possible. The only essential "meetings" we have are retrospectives in which we discuss how to work/communicate with each other better. Good communication requires a lot of energy, bad communication requires meetings. We only have meetings unless absolutely necessary, not some laughable "pop ins"
I don't get it. Why people are trying to recreate the horrors of the office? Is it because of luck of human connection? In my opinion everyone who's advocating "meetings" - formal or not - is just unable to express thoughts in writing. You have to learn to communicate asynchronously and become a better writer rather than trying to recreate the dysfunctional environment that you are familiar with.
That being said some things to consider to answer your question:
- complexity: not the easiest thing to learn
- work overhead: you'll need to set this up for the first time
- linux is best: I don't use much of docker outside of linux, it get's even more complicated on Mac and Windows
- deployment: learn how to deploy your images to prod, there are multiple ways and can be hard to decide what to use
I find it extremely useful. It's really easy to use, and after years of inactivity - I can reanimate projects "just like that" by running a single command. Use docker-compose to your advantage and create a simple set of deployments locally - in the same way you would on a VM for "prod". Can't stress how useful it is if you ever want to give it to somebody else, or hire a dev. "docker-compose up" and your dev is set up.
Yeah, I agree. Nothing beats google search and Stack overflow. If you has something later let that in the console it might be very nice indeed. `cloud-tool -h expand volume on pod` which would return examples, maybe even suggest ones based on your setup/configuration.