--- title: All Docked Up | daily.dev description: A humorous anecdote from The Daily WTF about a developer named Ernest who writes a Python script using subprocess to stop and remove Docker containers, rather... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/all-docked-up-obmcesxzk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: All Docked Up | daily.dev og:description: A humorous anecdote from The Daily WTF about a developer named Ernest who writes a Python script using subprocess to stop and remove Docker containers, rather... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/all-docked-up-obmcesxzk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oBmCeSXzK.png og:image:alt: All Docked Up og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # All Docked Up **[The Daily WTF](https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A humorous anecdote from The Daily WTF about a developer named Ernest who writes a Python script using subprocess to stop and remove Docker containers, rather than using a simple bash script or the Docker Python library. His reasoning — avoiding bash error-handling pitfalls and keeping zero dependencies — leaves his colleague unsure whether he's a terrible or surprisingly pragmatic developer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Episode \#298: Reducing the Size of Python Docker Containers – The Real Python Podcast](https://daily.dev/posts/episode-298-reducing-the-size-of-python-docker-containers-the-real-python-podcast-lcrqxfswe) · Real Python · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I stopped asking Claude Code to build things, and that's when it got actually useful](https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-asking-claude-code-to-build-things-and-that-s-when-it-got-actually-useful-dzddxzegn) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#shell](https://daily.dev/tags/shell) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/all-docked-up-obmcesxzk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"All Docked Up","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-docked-up-obmcesxzk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-docked-up-obmcesxzk"},"datePublished":"2026-03-11T11:10:23.710Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T11:10:43.140Z","description":"A humorous anecdote from The Daily WTF about a developer named Ernest who writes a Python script using subprocess to stop and remove Docker containers, rather...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Daily WTF","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Daily WTF","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d21a6aa61a7244d893a3b3284df8e2ef","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-docked-up-obmcesxzk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"python,automation,docker,shell","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Daily WTF","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"All Docked Up"}]} ```