Writing a dockerfile successfully is maybe that. But learning to make a dockerfile should take someone a day to figure out. What the entire movement is about is creating an ecosystem around a common standard for dev ops.

I use Makefiles for creating docker files there is an advantage to docker from fat binaries. Both tools exist for a reason, used both wisely you can save time and effort.

Yes. Each time you start a container, you are basically saying “make clean” as well.

Except that people who write software to be put in containers cannot write that Makefile to save their life so for something that should be a ten line dependency they manage to build entire Linux, entire X and all unneeded tool chains.

Your observation is incorrect.