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That's a good perspective.
I am the same. But many services offer docker as the main installation method and many times, the bare metal method is poorly documented.
So docker it is. And it's a good skill to have no matter what since it is so widespread.
I never thought about the issues of setting a docker service with an external database. I don't mind dealing with the users and tables of a database, but having to dig deep in docker compose settings is always a bad time.