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# Docker Compose: Rediscovered


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered)

## Description

In this session, let's rediscover Docker Compose. 

We will move past the basics and explore the useful features introduced in the last versions that turn Compose from a simple runner into a sophisticated development orchestrator.

Some samples features that we'll discover and illustrate with live demos:
* Using "include" and "extend"s to modularize your configurations and keep your project DRY.
* How to manage environment-specific services (like debugging tools or heavy cron jobs) without cluttering your production-ready files with "profile"

In this session, let's rethink our way to use Docker compose and make it even more efficient.

## Speaker

### [Matthieu Vincent](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@matthieu-vincent)

Platform engineering CTO / Tech'Advocate


## Related talks at this congress

- [Old tools, new tricks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1579-old-tools-new-tricks) — Benjamin Bischoff
- [Compliance & Risk: Shipping Open Source, AI, and Containers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1516-compliance-risk) — Antoine Thomas
- [Microservices Common Failure Modes (And How Teams Actually Hit Them)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1571-microservices-common) — Matheus Guimaraes
- [From Pipelines to Platforms: How DevOps Automation Becomes a Force Multiplier at Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1545-from-pipelines-to) — Anna Ozor