Totally agree. Docker for Mac performance is just unbearable when dealing with a semi-large webapp. I recently moved to remote development – macOS with Ubuntu running in VM (VMware) via Vagrant. I edit code using VSCode & Vim (via SSH & tmux tabs in iTerm2).

Based on my benchmarks it's more than twice as fast as Docker for Mac – and only minimally slower than native Docker running on a Dell XPS.

I'm enjoying this setup so much that I'm considering moving all my dev-related tools to a VM (which will hopefully allow me to get rid of homebrew too).