devops-local-dev

Docker Compose development environments orchestrate multiple services—PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Redis, and SvelteKit—together. This Skill automates setup, startup, and teardown of your entire stack using Makefile commands, eliminating manual configuration and ensuring consistent service initialization across your local machine.

Use make commands to start, stop, and restart all development services simultaneously. This Skill provides simple workflows for container lifecycle control, preflight validation, and health checks, replacing manual docker-compose commands and reducing setup time for new developers.

Monitor real-time logs for all services or individual components through dedicated commands. This Skill enables quick diagnosis of connectivity issues, provides per-service shell access, and supports troubleshooting across your PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Redis, and SvelteKit stack without manual docker CLI usage.

Yes. This Skill manages a four-service Bestays stack with persistent volumes, dedicated bridge networking, and per-service access. It supports PostgreSQL data persistence, Redis caching, FastAPI backend services, and SvelteKit frontend—all configured for local development with a single make command.

This Skill optionally launches pgAdmin alongside your Docker Compose stack for PostgreSQL management. You can also access the backend shell directly for database operations, giving you flexibility in how you manage your local development database without requiring external tools.

Makefiles provide standardized commands that abstract Docker complexity and ensure consistent environment setup across team members. This Skill replaces individual docker-compose scripts with repeatable make targets for starting services, monitoring health, accessing logs, and troubleshooting—reducing onboarding friction and configuration drift.