Yeh, I don't quite understand docker desktop.
I guess it's handy for seeing running containers, volumes images etc.
But I don't get what it offers over CLI, or a TUI like lazy-docker.
You might be thinking of something like portainer, which does let you use compose files via its web gui.
Glad you've figured out the docker compose route. I find config files (and scripts) significantly easier to work with than figuring out a bunch of commands to run.
What's your vector, Victor?