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I would say no, but then again, I would also not recommend using any type of container for that type of work either. I use Container on macOS to build containers for things like Claude Code, Node.js, Java, etc.. You know, software I want no where near my host OS. I mount a directory in the container, if needed, and it's smooth sailing. I do believe Conta", "context": "", "use_case": "building dev containers on macOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook, and you can too"}, {"id": 734072448, "item_id": 45879528, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879528", "by": "dbtc", "date": "2025-11-10", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://github.com/apple/container", "excerpt": "Not disagreeing with any of your points, but this is a good trend right? https://github.com/apple/container > container is a tool that you can use to create and run Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on your Mac. 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I would say no, but then again, I would also not recommend using any type of container for that type of work either. I use Container on macOS to build containers for things like Claude Code, Node.js, Java, etc.. You know, software I want no where near my host OS. I mount a directory in the container, if needed, and it's smooth sailing. I do believe Conta", "context": "", "use_case": "building dev containers on macOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook, and you can too"}, {"id": 734072448, "item_id": 45879528, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879528", "by": "dbtc", "date": "2025-11-10", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://github.com/apple/container", "excerpt": "Not disagreeing with any of your points, but this is a good trend right? https://github.com/apple/container > container is a tool that you can use to create and run Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on your Mac. 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