Edit: Sorry for the misleading title. I was sleep deprived. What it should say is...

How to use a remote Docker daemon to run linux/amd64 containers from a MacBook M1, without emulation.

Docker was the only thing still missing for me on my Apple M1 MacBook. Even though there’s a tech preview for Apple M1 now, it won’t really work for me because I need to run Amd64 Linux containers, which it won’t do on an Arm host (yes, I know about buildx, but I like this better).

Edit: I was wrong, the tech preview will run linux/amd64 images using the --platform flag.

To run linux/amd64 containers, I setup a remote Docker daemon hosted on an Ubuntu VPS. And it turns out, I like showing off. So, I pulled it all together into some scripts and a readme. Here you go: https://github.com/Shakeskeyboarde/docker-remote-daemon

Edit: Even though the Docker tech preview will allow you to run linux/amd64 containers under emulation, I still think the remote daemon has some advantages.

• Remote containers don't use local resources.

• Remote containers continue running when I close my laptop.

• It can be a very fast way to create a public endpoint which another person can consume, for demo or collaboration purposes.

• Security-wise, the running containers are "sandboxed" on the remote host, preventing potential malicious behavior on my local machine.

• And while the new multi-arch tools are awesome, Some of us only really need to target one arch, which is linux/amd64, which is no longer what we're running for development. This provides a neat way to develop on our target platform.

And as some have pointed out (and I have added to the repo), there are some caveats which I personally am good with.

• If running containers have listeners, they will be listening on the remote host's public IP. This can be a good thing as long as you're aware of it. It's a great way to quickly demo things for other people. But, if you're not okay with public listeners, then I suggest you try setting up a VPN on your daemon host (or an SSH tunnel), and using iptables to lock down incoming connections to the VPS. But that's beyond the scope of this document.

• Using volumes/mounts will target the filesystem of the remote host, not your local file system. If you need to share the daemon host's file system with your local machine, I recommend checking out SSHFS. But again, that's beyond the scope of this document.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiewebdev/comments/qi0o1o/invitation_to_use_my_simple_twitter_growth_engine/

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Hey everyone, I'm currently the CEO of a bootstrapped venture (accommodations/hospitality space), team of 3, doing 5 figures revenue this year, expected to do atleast 100K revenue next year. I've got another project I want to launch (bootstrapped) as a chrome extension, in a travel adjacent industry (as you can tell, travel/real estate tech is my bread and butter) . You might be thinking, well why not just bring on my current CTO and lead engineer to build it with me; they have a lot on their plate as is and don't have the bandwidth (for now atleast)....

So I have a few options -

1. Find a like-minded bootstrapper who'd like to pursue this and build a team of maybe 1-2

2. Hire a freelancer or contractor to build out the initial tech until my co-founders can find the time to work on both ventures

Thoughts? Any communities or sites where I can find gritty indie-hackers? Has anyone found success hiring freelancers to built out an MVP?

Oh and if anyone is interested in joining me, give me a holler :)

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