Proposition for an official Docker Compose Guide

I agree that the Elixir community needs to do better with docker-compose examples. It allows people to try Elixir on localhost quickly and easily without going through all the system setup.

But please, start with the most minimal configuration you can. Remove postgres, do an example that simply starts a bare bones webserver and responds with ‘hello world’. I’m so tired of every Ex example out there forcing me into setting up Phoenix and Postgres when I just want to run an Elixir server. If I decide I need Phoenix and I need Postgres, let me do that later.

I feel like this community really doesn’t understand the value of the ‘hello world’ idea.

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