Building a Portable DevContainer Environment: A Complete Journey
Tools used with DevContainers such as, Mise, Chezmoi, and Neovim - including all the troubleshooting, mistakes, and lessons learned along the way. This article documents my journey setting up a portable development environment. Personal references (usernames, repo names, paths) have been generalized to make the content applicable to any reader. Table of Contents Introduction The Initial Goal The Technology Stack The Setup Process Troubleshooting Chronicles Integration with Obsidian Making It Portable Final Architecture Lessons Learned Resources Introduction I wanted to build a portable development environment that I could replicate across any project or machine. What seemed like a simple container setup turned into a deep dive into dotfiles management, tool installation strategies, and the intricacies of containerized development environments. ...