&gt; well, each and every single one of them has to be maintained, updated for security fixes...<p>Then you patch it by redeploying it.<p>&gt; Not to mention the likely possibility of breaking API changes in the container version. vagrant&#x2F;puppet I&#x27;m looking at you, nothing is worse than having to figure out which ancient version of vagrant and puppet was used at creation in order to get the system running again<p>Is this a real issue that people run into? I&#x27;ve never had any issues with this.<p>&gt; Or, well, look five years in the future, and hope today&#x27;s hyped container solution will still be present then.<p>Good thing the real work essentially boils down to some scripts which can be easily translated into any new technology<p>&gt; Fuck containers, get a properly managed ordinary Debian server and save yourself a lot of headaches.<p>Spotted the Debian sys admin!