Microcontainers – Tiny, Portable Docker Containers
> Docker enables you to package up your application along with all of the application’s dependencies into a nice self-contained image. You can then use use that image to run your application in containers.<p>Actually docker was created to enable easy scaling of web applications. If you want to package your application up take a look at some modern package managers. By using a modern package manager like nix you can work around the issues of containers while still keeping the "it just works" advantage of containers.<p>This does not mean that containers are bad, it's just that using a good package manager is usually a simpler solution.<p>Take a look at my blog post if you want to read more on this: <a href="http://www.mpscholten.de/docker/2016/01/27/you-are-most-likely-misusing-docker.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mpscholten.de/docker/2016/01/27/you-are-most-like...</a>