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		mprime1 on March 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Dockerized – Run CLI tools without instal... I use NIX for this `nix-shell -p go_1_17` Pops a native shell on my system with Go installed. Nothing else on my system is affected.

stingraycharles on March 10, 2022 [–]

This will probably work better for things like compiler tools, or other tools that really require access to the entire filesystem, installed packages, and whatnot.

georgyo on March 10, 2022 | [–]

This thing mounts in my home directory. For the vast majority of people, that is already access to all files that matter.

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