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yjftsjthsd-h on Jan 6, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Optimizing Docker image size and why it matters

So the percentage makes it look impressive, but... you're saving no more than 5MB. Don't get me wrong, I like smaller images, but I feel like "smaller than Alpine" is getting into -funroll-loops territory of over-optimizing.

tallclair on Jan 7, 2022 [–]

The best advantage I’ve found to the distroless static image is that it cuts down on the noise from container vulnerability scanners.

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