## An even better tool for development environments
Compose is a great tool for development environments, but it could be even better. For example:
- It should be possible to define hostnames for containers which work from the host machine, e.g. “mywebcontainer.local”. This is needed by apps comprising multiple web services which generate links to one another (e.g. a frontend website and a separate admin webapp)
Compose currently works really well in development, but we want to make the Compose file format better for test, staging, and production environments. To support these use cases, there will need to be improvements to the file format, improvements to the command-line tool, integrations with other tools, and perhaps new tools altogether.
- It should be possible to partially modify the config file for different environments (dev/test/staging/prod), passing in e.g. custom ports, volume mount paths, or volume drivers. ([#1377](https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/1377))
Compose works well for applications that are in a single repository and depend on services that are hosted on Docker Hub. If your application depends on another application within your organisation, Compose doesn't work as well.
