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hu3last Thursday at 8:08 PM4 repliesview on HN

From the article, the goal was not to simplify, but rather to modernize:

> So instead, I'd like to switch to deploying my website with containers (be it Docker, Kubernetes, or otherwise), matching the vast majority of software deployed any time in the last decade.

Containers offer many benefits. To name some: process isolation, increased security, standardized logging and mature horizontal scalability.


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adastra22last Thursday at 8:12 PM

So put the binary in the container. Why does it have to be compiled within the container?

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dwatttttlast Thursday at 9:16 PM

Mightily resisting the urge to be flippant, but all of those benefits were achieved before Docker.

Docker is a (the, in some areas) modern way to do it, but far from the only way.

a3wlast Thursday at 10:04 PM

Increased security compared to bare hardware, lower than VMs. Also, lower than Jails and RKT (Rocket) which seems to be dead.

eeZah7Uxlast Thursday at 10:58 PM

> process isolation, increased security

no, that's sandboxing.