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PaulHoule
If you have gigabit internet, maybe.

If you don't then Docker seems to be a system to make a 50 kb download into a 5 GB download.

People don't know how to build something and they think Docker is going to solve that but no, now you have two problems because you still need to build the Docker image.

jbergknoff
That's fair, and it's listed in the article as a drawback, but in most situations this is a tradeoff that's worth making.
verdverm
You can also build the docker image locally to get consistent dev setups. In the end, you will need to pull things from the internet to install, whether in docker or on the host. The consistency is huge. I've seen this prevent a lot of mishap from incorrect versions being around.