SMRTR ProgrammingSep 23, 2025Daily.dev

The Complete Guide to Dev Containers in Ruby on Rails

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Dev containers simplify Rails development environments by providing portable, reproducible setups using Docker. These containers can include customized features like database clients, language runtimes, and tools through simple configuration files, eliminating "works on my machine" problems. The guide demonstrates creating containers with Rails, customizing them with features like PostgreSQL, and running them in VS Code, Cursor, command-line interfaces, or GitHub Codespaces.

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