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Docker on Mac is slow. Here's the fix

Docker on MacOS is slow and how to fix it.
Thanks to the DALL·E 2, we finally have a very nice graphic representation of the feelings of a Docker container inside a macOS environment, I will try with this article to make this poor container safe to the coast.
TL;DR Link to heading At the time of writing, the only viable option to have a decent performance and a good DX are:
VirtioFS to share the filesystem (Docker Desktop, Rancher Desktop, Colima) - There are still some issues.

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I had issues getting Docker to work on a Mac before, so I just jumped straight working on a Linux machine instead.

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