I’ve run multiple copies of stacks with unique bridged networks. Then map the ports out to the host on different port numbers.

Yeah, leave Brad’s coffee mate alone!!

You owe 2 tokens to the “should jar”.

Vscode with plugins works for many many languages good enough and the git integration is good. So if your job is like mine where you support many systems then having a common tooling is nice. Also you can setup containers with different configurations all ready for various projects.