What's the advantage of doing this? The drawbacks?

nickjj · on Nov 23, 2022

The video goes into the pros and cons.

Pros (for not using DD):

    - You use less resources since you don't need a separate DD app running
    - It's more close to the experience you'd have on a production server which wouldn't run DD

Cons (by not using DD):

    - If you like having a UI, you won't have it
    - You can't use Docker extensions if that's something you want
    - You have to install Docker in each WSL 2 instance instead of checking a checkbox in the DD UI

Neutral (in either case):

    - You can still access things on localhost without DD
    - You can still run K8s directly in WSL 2 without DD using Kind and other tools
    - Everything works the same, there's no limitations around Docker's core feature set
    - Performance is really good (including volumes) as long as your files are in WSL 2's file system with or without DD

jslakro · on Nov 23, 2022

This option is interesting for organizations that cannot afford a monthly license for dozens of developers. Drawbacks... after working a couple of months I can say that time to time there are awful issues that came from nowhere, you need to mantain cleaning things in WSL constantly, so if the company can pay DD avoid the painful way