What did you use during local development? Did you containerize services?

When developing locally in Go, I often use Docker for containerizing services. This allows running dependencies (such as databases, caches, message brokers) in isolated containers, which simplifies environment setup and ensures consistency between development and production.

Example Docker Compose file for running a Go service with PostgreSQL:

version: '3.8'
services:
  app:
    build: .
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    depends_on:
      - db
  db:
    image: postgres:13
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: user
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: pass
      POSTGRES_DB: mydb
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"

This approach simplifies dependency management and allows quick setup and teardown of the environment.