That's a good perspective.

Also I hate docker in general. I understand why people use it. It's the same reason I use it.

I am the same. But many services offer docker as the main installation method and many times, the bare metal method is poorly documented.

So docker it is. And it's a good skill to have no matter what since it is so widespread.

I never thought about the issues of setting a docker service with an external database. I don't mind dealing with the users and tables of a database, but having to dig deep in docker compose settings is always a bad time.