Re:Show HN: Compare local Docker images with ones in registry
by icebraining on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:09PM
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> That isn't a "benefit". That's "some people are using it for some things".
It's not something intrinsic to Docker, but you asked "what exactly is the point of docker with a golang project?" and being able to use those thing out-of-the-box is absolutely a reason to use Docker. Something like Kubernetes is not easily replaced in-house.
> They use Docker to provide lightweight VM's which the project build/test/whatever script can run in (which usually involves installing build/test dependencies), when Docker's whole "thing" is one-process per Container.
Thanks to layering, you can install those build/test scripts and dependencies without affecting the base image.
Also, they don't use LXC/LXD because - everyone else is using Docker! Like I said, there's a real advantage to having a single standard image.
> Not at all. You mentioned using Docker with Go. I asked why, and you responded "I don't use it in production... but". Which is what my whole point was about.
Like I said, I don't think your previous post actually replied to mine. Only this one did.
It's not something intrinsic to Docker, but you asked "what exactly is the point of docker with a golang project?" and being able to use those thing out-of-the-box is absolutely a reason to use Docker. Something like Kubernetes is not easily replaced in-house.
> They use Docker to provide lightweight VM's which the project build/test/whatever script can run in (which usually involves installing build/test dependencies), when Docker's whole "thing" is one-process per Container.
Thanks to layering, you can install those build/test scripts and dependencies without affecting the base image.
Also, they don't use LXC/LXD because - everyone else is using Docker! Like I said, there's a real advantage to having a single standard image.
> Not at all. You mentioned using Docker with Go. I asked why, and you responded "I don't use it in production... but". Which is what my whole point was about.
Like I said, I don't think your previous post actually replied to mine. Only this one did.