Docker Development Environment

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Use this skill when:

• Setting up a local development stack with Docker
• Configuring hot reload / live code reload in containers
• Creating dev vs production Dockerfiles or multi-stage builds
• Running database containers (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB) for development
• Setting up VS Code or Cursor devcontainers
• Managing environment variables across dev and prod
• Debugging applications running inside containers
• Creating docker-compose files for full-stack development

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