An Anonymous Coward writes:
Promising "uber tiny Docker images for all the things," Iron.io has released
a new library [github.com] of base images for every major languages optimized to be as small as possible by using only the required OS libraries and language dependencies. "By streamlining the cruft that is attached to the node images and installing only the essentials, they reduced the image from 644 MB to 29MB,"
explains one technology reporter [thenewstack.io], noting this makes it quicker to download and distribute the image, and also more secure. "Less code/less programs in the container means less attack surface..." writes Travis Reeder, the co-founder of Iron.io, in
a post [www.iron.io] on the company's blog. "Most people who start using Docker will use Docker’s official repositories for their language of choice, but unfortunately if you use them, you’ll end up with images the size of the Empire State Building..."
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