I ditched Docker for Podman

I keep seeing Podman mentioned as a Docker alternative, but I'm unclear on when the juice is worth the squeeze. For someone doing typical web development (Node.js/Python services, Postgres, Redis), what specific problems would Podman solve that Docker doesn't? Is this more about security/compliance or are there developer experience benefits too?

At a high level, Docker and Podman implement the same standard for containers, but my understanding is that Podman implements more of said standard (more/newer features) and in a more standards compliant way.

This can be a good or a bad thing—good because it's better, but bad because the popularity of Docker sometimes means things aren't compatible and require some tweaking to get running.

fair enough. thanks.

Podman is daemonless while docker is a client/server pair. Podman also shipped with support for rootless containers, though Docker now has that capability as well.

The podman CLI is nearly a drop-in replacement for docker such that `alias docker=podman` works for many of the most common use cases.

If you don't care about the security implications of running containers as root via a client/server protocol, then by all means keep using Docker. I've switched to podman and I'm happy with my decision, but to each their own.