It provides filesystem isolation -- it uses Nix under the covers. This is great if you're a dev and don't want to mess with routing ports across a hidden VM to the host, just run a command and your service appears directly on the host.
DevBox allows very rapid development. And for production, it exports to Docker. You get the best of all worlds!
Note DevBox is portable -- you don't need Linux! You don't need a VM, which would increase overhead and complexity. DevBox is limited, but very powerful in the features it provides.
It provides filesystem isolation -- it uses Nix under the covers. This is great if you're a dev and don't want to mess with routing ports across a hidden VM to the host, just run a command and your service appears directly on the host.
DevBox allows very rapid development. And for production, it exports to Docker. You get the best of all worlds!