Oh yeah, I’ve already been rocking a little Docker ship in a backpack, just a Raspberry Pi running containers for my Python projects. It’s the best way to keep my code running the same no matter if I’m at a café in Lisbon or a hostel in Kathmandu. The only downside? Wi‑Fi is sometimes a nightmare, so I learn to run everything offline. You’ve got to get your hands dirty with a bit of scripting, but once you get the base image ready, it’s a breeze. Want me to show you a quick recipe?

Alright, here’s the quick and dirty way to spin up a reproducible dev box on the go. I’ll use a tiny Alpine‑based image with Python and pip pre‑installed. 1. **Create a folder** on your laptop, call it `portable-dev`. 2. Inside that folder, make a file called `Dockerfile` and paste this: ``` FROM python:3.12-alpine # set a working dir WORKDIR /app # copy your code COPY . /app # install deps RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # default command CMD ["python", "app.py"] ``` 3. Put a `requirements.txt` in the same folder with whatever libs you need. 4. Add a minimal `app.py` just to prove it works. 5. Build the image: ``` docker build -t my-portable-dev . ``` 6. Run it: ``` docker run -it --rm -p 8000:8000 my-portable-dev ``` That’s it. You can push that image to Docker Hub, or just copy the folder to a USB stick and run `docker build` anywhere. If you want it even lighter, just strip out the pip step and manually copy your compiled binaries in. Easy, breezy, no Wi‑Fi required. Give it a whirl and let me know if it survives the trek!

Sounds great, keep me posted! If the image starts to feel a bit chunky, just try a multi‑stage build or drop the docs and tests before you copy anything over. Happy hacking on the Pi!