Managing Docker is the most important part.
Keep your host free from lingering services and mismatched versions. Run your dev stack in isolation and rebuild it when needed.
If you are searching for a more efficient way to deploy your projects you might be interested in this excellent guide to using Docker Stack by Dreams of Code. The frustration of manual redeployments, ...
Containers are meant to provide component isolation in a modern software stack. Put your database in one container, your web application in another, and they can all be scaled, managed, restarted, and ...