A Windows-based indie developer reflects on their reliance on Docker Desktop and evaluates Microsoft's newly announced WSL Containers feature (wslc command) from Build 2026. The author sees WSL Containers as a compelling replacement for simple single-container workflows (e.g., spinning up just PostgreSQL), but plans to keep Docker Desktop for complex multi-service Docker Compose stacks that require inter-container networking. The feature is not yet publicly available, so no hands-on testing was done.
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Docker Desktop has always felt like an extra stepWSL containers could finally change that — but not yet34K Impressions4 Comments