Comment: Dockerized Postgres in Practice — One Team's Report
A reader responded to the article with their own experience running Postgres in Docker. Their company opened an application development effort, and early on the team debated whether the database should live in a container.
The reader's colleague — an IT specialist — opposed the idea, citing the same drawbacks the article raised, immutability among them. An IoT service provider supporting the company made the opposite case and persuaded the team to adopt the containerized approach.
- The team went with Postgres, using volumes as the article recommended.
- From a development standpoint, the reader reports it has worked perfectly.
The application is close to launch, and the reader expects to be able to report back on how it behaves in a production environment within a few weeks.
