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Re:Goodbye Docker and Thanks for all the Fish by gerbilly on Sunday March 10, 2019 @10:07AM (#19352037)
> Using Docker you build one fossilized fat package with both all OS and app dependencies baked in.

Exactly. Most uses of Docker are like a junk drawer: neat on the outside, a total mess on the inside.

People stuff their python 2 app in there and forget what their dependencies are, or where they got them from.

Good luck upgrading that 2-3 years from now.

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Re:Goodbye Docker and Thanks for all the Fish by cpuguy83 on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:20PM (#19353354)
To be fair, this is how people build applications. "Oh there is this library let me just pull that in"
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Re:Goodbye Docker and Thanks for all the Fish by fatherlinnux on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:50PM (#19353592)
I LOVE the junk drawer analogy. I will credit you on my next blog ;-)
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