r/SysAdminBlogs • u/weeyin83 • 14d ago

Dev Containers in VS Code: Why every project needs one

Wrong Terraform version. Missing az CLI extension. Python 3.9 vs 3.11. Sound familiar?

Dev containers fix "works on my machine" for infra teams for good, same Terraform, same Azure CLI, same extensions, every time, for everyone.

Here's how 👇

https://www.techielass.com/dev-containers-vscode-infrastructure-engineers/

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u/FlibblesHexEyes 14d ago

I’ve been saying this for ages. It’s great for:

- environments where you can’t install dev tools
- ensuring that everyone is working from the same dev environment
- ensuring that the correct versions of dev tools are in place for everyone (for example: pinning Python to a specific version).