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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MariaRomanov to c/devops@programming.dev

Is your organization doing anything to ensure new devs are productive from day one? How do you guys handle local environments for the code you are working on? I am trying to get my company to enable teams to create their own workstation image that contains all the dev tools and local application-related infrastructure needed for that team to be productive. Has anyone done something similar?

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[-] anzo@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, with Docker. If I had to do it for a new project, I'd try nix style using devenv.sh

[-] nickel@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you looked into devcontainers? Could be a good option.

We use tilt right now for running the apps themselves. Haven’t delved into virtualized dev environments yet. We’re a Mac shop so we just have a list of brew commands to run. And for some critical tools they are invoked through docker so no cli install needed.

We have a file that houses the version and everything is done through a Makefile. So on the next main pull people will always invoke the correct version of a build tool.

[-] dbx12@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

A docker compose file which contains all the images needed. Sadly automatic setup (as in connecting the services) does not work yet but there is a step by step guide.

[-] nevalem@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

We have a custom nix package each for the org, teams, down to the project level that a dev can use to bootstrap what they need from day one with a no-knowledge-about-nix installer.

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