I see a bit of C as well ? Also, do we need to use Docker ? I am very interested in trying but wanted to check.
If it is Go, can I not just compile the binary and execute ?
If it is Go, can I not just compile the binary and execute ?
Docker is definitely not necessary, but it is the easiest way to ship something that just works. Since you need a bunch of build dependencies to compile PHP, the installation steps are different for every distro to pull those in with whatever's your package manager.
Coupled with a packaging system, like debian gives you, this is all pretty straightforward.
I ran into this yesterday, and turns out I don't want to install docker just to build a program...
Having an "everyone gets the same thing, so no one wastes time on bootstrapping" solution is a perfect use-case for Docker. And then once the bugs have been found and fixed, and the code is production-ready, you can focus on documenting and scripting the setup procedures for the various operating systems.