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Re:Show HN: Docker-repack – Speed up Docker image pulls by orf on Saturday September 14, 2024 @07:04PM (#41543779)
I created this tool whilst I was learning about Docker/OCI image internals.

The tool repacks and optimizes Docker images by efficiently repacking the contents into equal sized layers. The speed improvements for large images are significant: from 2 minutes to 16 seconds in some cases.

I'm not sure how useful it is, but I find the subject quite interesting and it might be useful to others.

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Re:Show HN: Docker-repack – Speed up Docker image pulls by johng on Saturday September 14, 2024 @08:07PM (#41544081)
Wow. Some of the savings are huge on your github page. Well done!
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Re:Show HN: Docker-repack – Speed up Docker image pulls by orf on Saturday September 14, 2024 @08:15PM (#41544111)
Thank you! The most surprising one for me was the size reduction for the google cloud SDK image - 1.1GB to 187MB.
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